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Norfolk MPs to meet ministers over devo deal

By Paul Marinko | 07 March 2023

Norfolk MPs are believed to be meeting ministers this week as efforts continue to resolve the imp...

Liverpool announces next chief executive

By Paul Marinko | 02 March 2023

Liverpool City Council has appointed current Cheshire West and Chester boss Andrew Lewis as its n...

Looking beyond growth

By Paul Marinko | 28 February 2023

While the focus on this month’s Budget will be on growth, the faltering economy means councils ar...

Qualifications likely for housing directors amid Gove push

By Paul Marinko | 27 February 2023

Council housing directors are likely to be expected to gain an ‘appropriate’ qualification after ...

Children's social worker numbers drop for first time since 2017

By Paul Marinko | 27 February 2023

The Government has been urged to act after official figures showed the number of children’s socia...

Conservative 'darling' interviewed

By Paul Marinko | 23 February 2023

The latest Our World is Local podcast features an interview with the leader of Stoke-on-Trent Cit...

Bed blocking down by just 3% a month on from £250m plan

By Paul Marinko | 22 February 2023

The Government’s £250m initiative to speed up hospital discharges reduced the number of bed block...

Levelling up director appointed amid recruitment uncertainty

By Paul Marinko | 17 February 2023

The Government is still ‘reviewing the recruitment process for levelling up directors’ despite ap...

Inequalities hitting life expectancy, report finds

By Paul Marinko | 16 February 2023

Socio-economic inequalities are wiping an average of 1.5 years off the lives of people in the mos...

MJ Housing: Will retrofit really help reach net zero?

By Paul Marinko | 15 February 2023

As net zero soars up the agenda, Paul Marinko warns of the mammoth effort – and prohibitive cost ...