PAY

The cap didn't fit, and lessons must be learned from it

By Heather Jameson | 17 February 2021

The Government has revoked the £95,000 cap on exit payments rule. Heather Jameson says the plan w...

FINANCE

Shielding from future shocks

By Gary Fielding | 25 January 2021

Amid a global pandemic, councils are dealing with an ‘eye-wateringly high’ list of obstacles to l...

SOCIAL CARE

More cash, but not enough

By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2020

With its £5.5bn extra funding for local government next year the Spending Review may have deliver...

SOCIAL CARE

SPENDING REVIEW: Live to fight another year

By Jonathan Werran | 25 November 2020

Local government has probably got just about enough from the chancellor to keep the show on the r...

TRANSFORMATION

Time to stop what isn't working

By Professor Donna Hall | 24 November 2020

Before setting their budgets, councils must rethink themselves and the purpose they serve within ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Helping councils defuse the early years ticking time bomb

By Tom Symons | 16 November 2020

Nesta has launched a new programme of Early Years Innovation Partnership, and is seeking councils...

HEALTH

Report proposes sweeping tax increases

By Michael Burton | 11 November 2020

A new health and social care tax raising £17bn should be the centrepiece of sweeping tax increase...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Sector faces 'second lost decade'

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2020

The local government sector has been warned it faces a ‘second lost decade’ as a new index reveal...

PAY

The Government's actions 'don't match the words'

By Christina McAnea | 26 October 2020

Rather than recognising the role of council workers during COVID-19, the Government has prioritis...

WHITEHALL

Tax increases more likely than austerity, says Flanders

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020

A top economist has predicted that tax increases are more likely than another bout of austerity.

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Legal Services Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer

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