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Journalist and content editor with 20+ years specialising in public policy. Still learning.

The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting ‘the very best of councils and our workforces’, accordin...

Salford City Council has emerged as the greenest in an index of quality of life in 363 local auth...

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have put mandatory routine inspections on hold in response...

The Budget underplayed the role of individuals and communities, and local areas are ‘now at a poi...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced in the Budget a ‘record’ £5bn investment to get gigabit –c...

Birmingham City Council is reporting ‘substantial progress’ in the delivery of a regeneration sch...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spent a total of £85m preparing for EU ...

Sir Michael Marmot’s damning report on health inequalities found that, while there has been limit...

A new report today warned Government that counties are lagging behind other parts of the country.

Productivity in the UK’s core cites is low by national and international standards and regional i...