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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Catch them early and save their lives

By Rachel Dickinson | 03 July 2019

A child’s experiences at an early age can make a major difference to their long-term outcomes. Ra...

FINANCE

What future for local services?

By Graham Atkins | 03 July 2019

As public sector finance specialists prepare to attend CIPFA's annual conference in Birmingham t...

FINANCE

Brexit and austerity blows threaten service delivery

By Ann McGauran | 03 July 2019

Nearly half of local authorities say some councils will fail to deliver essential services over t...

FINANCE

UK councils step up their foreign trading links

By Ann McGauran | 01 July 2019

Almost one in five (18%) UK councils are going abroad on a city-to-city basis to find investment ...

THIRD SECTOR

Community support key to Co-operative Council of the Year accolade

By Iain Malcolm | 25 June 2019

South Tyneside Council has become Co-operative Council of the Year. Its leader Cllr Iain Malcolm,...

WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Quarter of council jobs lost in nine years

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2019

A quarter of local government jobs have been cut since 2010, new data from trade union Unison has...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A campaign to dispel some of the myths about local government

By Dave Prentis | 17 June 2019

Unison has launched a campaign this week to celebrate the work of council staff. General secretar...

CLIMATE CHANGE

The time to act is now

By Paul O’Brien | 12 June 2019

The volume is going to continuously increase on the climate change public policy agenda, accordin...

FINANCE

Jam tomorrow from the Conservative candidates

By Michael Burton | 12 June 2019

As the candidates for election as prime minister are targeting 2% of the voters - namely Conserva...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Has the sector turned its back on the race to the bottom mentality?

05 June 2019

We need to be honest in local government about the value of attracting high calibre people, accor...