The road ahead for managing social care
Sean Nolan looks at the conflicts ahead for the social care green paper and outlines some of the key approaches CIPFA will be investigating.
Opinion
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The Government has to address its housing policy
August 16, 2017
Heather Jameson says it is time the Government stopped burying its head in the sand on complex social issues - especially in the wake of Grenfell.
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Exploring new methods to bridge the funding gap
August 18, 2017
How can councils develop the right commercial skills across their organisation and broker successful partnerships that make financial sense, asks Paul Bradbury.
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Planning has never been under more scrutiny by applicants and objectors
August 16, 2017
John Fuller lays out the District Councils' Network's planning demands.
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The age of austerity isn’t over yet
August 16, 2017
Those who think the Government’s change of rhetoric on public funding spells a bold end to years of austerity should guess again, warns Dan Corry.
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