Articles by John Ransford
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...
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