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Cllr Izzi Seccombe

Articles by Cllr Izzi Seccombe

Councils need a longer-term funding plan

By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023

The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...

Our hope is for financial independence

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 27 November 2019

Conservative councillors are working hard to secure a strong Conservative majority in Parliament ...

The true value of showing your support

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 11 September 2019

Cllr Izzi Seccombe outlines the benefits of a new recruitment and development scheme to help thos...

A green paper for change

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 08 August 2018

The delay in providing a strategy for social care and wellbeing is impacting not just the care se...

Put health and care on an equal level

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 27 June 2018

There cannot be a sustainable NHS without a sustainable social care system, and the two co-depend...

Fighting obesity on the front line

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 02 August 2016

Tackling obesity requires a whole system approach and the Government can’t duck out of supporting...

Protecting the most vulnerable

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 21 June 2016

The Local Government Association has sent a strong message to government over rules surrounding t...

Get yourself connected

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 11 May 2016

Cllr Izzi Seccombe says technology could have a transformative role to play in local government’s...

A spoonful of sugar?

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 24 March 2016

After Osborne's announcement of a controversial sugar tax, Cllr Izzi Seccombe explains what counc...

Caring is sharing

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 16 February 2016

Pressure will continue to tighten on social care over the next few years, and as Izzi Seccombe sa...