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Social care crisis threatens to 'bury' NHS

By William Eichler | 06 July 2023

The ‘extreme pressure’ on social care is now ‘turning into an avalanche and it’s going to bury th...

Labour promises councils 'control over own destiny'

By William Eichler | 04 July 2023

A Labour government will build more houses and devolve power to local authorities, according to t...

Councils face £3bn funding gap, LGA warns

By William Eichler | 04 July 2023

Councils in England face a funding gap of almost £3bn over the next two years just to maintain se...

NHS leaders call for social care workforce plan

By William Eichler | 03 July 2023

NHS leaders have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling for a social care workforce plan t...

Majority of councils support return of virtual meetings

By William Eichler | 29 June 2023

Most councils would like to be able to reintroduce virtual meetings to support the recruitment an...

Council leaders criticise rejection of key Hewitt recommendation

By William Eichler | 15 June 2023

Council leaders have welcomed the Hewitt report into Integrated Care Systems but criticised the G...

Russian hackers accessed private data, council says

By William Eichler | 08 June 2023

Gloucester City Council has warned residents that some personal information may have been stolen ...

NHS volunteer programme expanded into social care

By William Eichler | 07 June 2023

The NHS Volunteer Responders Programme is set to be expanded to help the struggling social care s...

Review into Leicester unrest launched

By William Eichler | 26 May 2023

The Government has commissioned an independent review into the unrest in Leicester last year that...

Councils hit by further Capita data breach

By William Eichler | 19 May 2023

Local authorities said they were taking action after a data breach by the revenues and benefits s...