Opinion The MJ
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Town centres reimagined
October 21, 2021
There is no better time to start the complex and ever-evolving challenge of reinventing town centres, but the most successful regeneration stories share one thing, says Richard Sterling.
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Lagging behind the retrofit challenge
October 21, 2021
We risk deepening a divide between rich and poor and different parts of the compass unless we localise national retrofitting strategies, writes Jonathan Werran.
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Building quality of life
October 21, 2021
Sadie Morgan explains the role of the built environment on our health and wellbeing, and how planners and councils can improve quality of life through the design and management of new homes and buildings.
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Plugging the net zero funding gap
October 21, 2021
The UK Climate Change Investment Commission is developing a radical place-based offer to private finance, says Alison Griffin - and it estimates in the core cities and London boroughs alone there is potential for up to £500m worth of investment.
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It is teamwork that makes the dream work
October 20, 2021
The Government would be wise to do all it can to de-escalate tensions with councils over funding, says Joanne Pitt.
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How teams react when their manager is doomed
October 20, 2021
Blair Mcpherson ponders the case of a team's delicate balancing act between 'recognising the need to ingratiate yourself with the chief executive and not being too disloyal to a boss who has been good to you'.
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Will steps finally be taken to protect public servants?
October 20, 2021
As Westminster contemplates the tricky tightrope of balancing safety and democracy, free speech and abuse, the same debates must be held for local government, says Heather Jameson.
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Counting the benefits of good partnership
October 20, 2021
The South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership was formally signed off this summer. It will build on South Holland DC’s own experience of partnership working, and build something even bigger, says Rob Barlow.
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Let’s not stay silent
October 20, 2021
Baroness Claire Fox argues that while most of us will never have our lives threatened for our views, Cancel Culture can make cowards of us all.
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Solving care needs through social change
October 18, 2021
More money on its own will not be enough to fix social care - and developing the required whole-system approach means local government has to be in the lead, says Polly Mackenzie.
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How can the NHS work with councils on levelling up?
October 18, 2021
Andrew Laird says the levelling up jigsaw is missing one major piece – the NHS – and he points to an ethical barrier to it playing a full role in this crucial policy agenda.
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Elections are a family affair
October 15, 2021
Andrew Seekings looks at how Cumbria is preparing for the electoral challenges of local government reorganisation as it plans for next year’s elections to the shadow authorities and beyond.
