Business

By Chris Mahony | 18 July 2022

The Government is focusing on the right issues as part of its levelling up agenda but needs to dr...

Early intervention cuts trigger crisis interventions

By Chris Mahony | 18 July 2022

Councils, young people and families are trapped in a ‘vicious cycle’ due to the halving of invest...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Discovering procurement's untapped gold mine

By Prof Richard Simmons | 13 July 2022

Prof Richard Simmons reports on a major research project, supported by The MJ, which recently exa...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers pile pressure on councils to find homes for Afghan refugees

By Mark Conrad | 12 July 2022

Councils are struggling to find permanent homes for refugees from Afghanistan as ministers pile o...

WHITEHALL

Government extends not-for-profit company's grant

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2022

A not-for-profit company that finds good quality affordable homes in the private rented sector ha...

REORGANISATION

Structural change not a cure-all for children's services

By Martin Ford | 11 July 2022

Structural change alone is not enough to turn around children’s services, a new report has found.

SOCIAL CARE

ADCS conference: Whitehall examining private sector 'profiteering'

By Martin Ford | 08 July 2022

Civil servants are looking at ways of tackling exploitation of the social care sector by private ...

FINANCE

Council records 200 procurement breaches

By Martin Ford | 05 July 2022

‘Urgent’ action is required after Bristol City Council broke procurement rules more than 200 time...

FINANCE

New mayor promises to open Croydon's books

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Croydon LBC’s mayor has promised an ‘opening the books’ exercise after the borough revealed it mu...

BUSINESS

LGA Conference: Sector should consider offering four-day week

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2022

Councils may have to consider offering a four-day week in order to attract the staff desperately ...

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