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Preventing construction industry suicides

By Stephen Young | 22 January 2024

The public sector is failing in its role in tackling mental health in the construction industry, ...

Using tech for effective placemaking in Halton

By Emily Douglin | 08 January 2024

Creating vibrant connected communities is a crucial part of local government policy making – and ...

Addressing the great local government recruitment crisis

By George Agyemang | 15 August 2023

Penna’s George Agyemang and Halton BC chief executive Stephen Young look at the current state of ...

Communities know best

By Stephen Young | 06 June 2023

It is vital for local government leaders to put community participation at the heart of decision-...

Domestic violence and its betrayal

By Stephen Young | 29 September 2021

The Domestic Abuse Act could and should have gone further ‘particularly and most notably around f...

Delivering public health post-pandemic

By Dr Sakthi Karunanithi | 14 September 2021

Dr Sakthi Karunanithi and Stephen Young look at what if anything the experience of dealing with t...

Change in a time of uncertainty

By Stephen Young | 26 October 2020

Stephen Young outlines how, as COVID-19 gripped the UK, Lancashire CC took the decision to grab a...

Working through a crisis

By Stephen Young | 10 August 2020

As one of the regions hardest hit by COVID-19, Lancashire is taking steps to ensure its communit...

Lancashire lays its foundations for recovery

By Stephen Young | 14 July 2020

Lancashire CC and its partners are having a ‘decisive, honest and evidence-based conversation wit...