Five principles to picking social care back up

By Matthew Taylor | 04 July 2023

The MJ has launched a Care Commission to consider the policy failures of social care. Matthew Tay...

Jan's light shines more brightly than ever

By John Ransford | 13 May 2014

A memorial supper for the late Jan Parkinson, former managing director of Local Government Employ...

Obituary: Jan Parkinson

By John Ransford | 07 January 2014

Jan Parkinson was full of life, vitality and conviction.

The future of social care: People not programme

By John Ransford | 21 February 2013

There is now a positive response to Dilnot's recommendations on limiting personal liabilities for...

Taking care of a growing reality

By John Ransford | 25 July 2012

It is time for the Government to finally confront how care for the elderly is to be be provided f...

The gradual transition of local government

By John Ransford | 10 August 2011

John Ransford reflects upon the changes that have taken place during the forty years he has worke...

Get the balance right

By John Ransford | 26 May 2011

John Ransford believes there is a key requirement for constitutional settlement between local and...

Plugged In

By John Ransford | 30 March 2011

John Ransford looks at how devolution in Scotland and Wales has had an impact on national and loc...