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WHITEHALL

What are local government's prospects now?

By Ben Page | 21 January 2020

Ben Page looks ahead at the prospects for local government.There is hope on social care, with a p...

HEALTH

Everyday Britain's silent crisis in care

By Ben Page | 20 August 2019

Ben Page says that while Britain is bothering about Brexit and more this summer, hardly anyone is...

COUNCIL TAX

We need a more nuanced conversation around trust

By Ben Page | 09 July 2019

Ben Page says that while trust in central Government has fallen in both Britain and the US since ...

PAY

There's some cheer here for town hall bosses

By Ben Page | 17 April 2019

Ipsos MORI's latest survey might bring cheer to some readers fed up with TaxPayers' Alliance pres...

PENSIONS

It's time local government woke up to older age

By Ben Page | 06 March 2019

Ben Page explains that old age needn't follow a narrative of decline - as long as all of us, incl...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

There is no perfect method

By Ben Page | 23 January 2019

'Fair funding' looks to be provoking arguments similar to two bald men fighting over a comb, but ...

LONDON COUNCILS

Londoners are more pessimistic about the economic effect of Brexit

By Ben Page | 28 November 2018

As Mrs May takes her Deal from Brussels on tour before a showdown in the House of Commons, Brexit...

SOCIAL CARE

It's most definitely 'austerity continues' for local government

By Ben Page | 30 October 2018

Ben Page's hot take on this Budget is that it is most definitely 'austerity continues' for local ...

HOUSING

soapbox

By Ben Page | 03 October 2018

‘Brexit means Brexit’ may be memorable, but not in the way Mrs May would like, says Ben Page. He...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Giving way to a more trusting generation

By Ben Page | 10 July 2018

Ben Page says there is much to be proud of in Generation Z. What will that mean for our future?

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