Cohesion

By Sam Clayden | 29 November 2017

Community cohesion efforts in the heart of London are being undermined by a surge of fake news, p...

FINANCE

Councils count costs of terrorism

By Sam Clayden | 15 November 2017

Councils have highlighted the financial cost of terror attacks amid complaints the Government is ...

CRIME

Mayors call for end to police cuts

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 November 2017

Mayors Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan have called on chancellor Philip Hammond to end cuts to police...

Third highest recommendations to Prevent come from councils

By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 November 2017

The third highest number of referrals to the Government’s Prevent programme came from local autho...

SOLACE

Transparency, good record-keeping essential in emergencies

By Hiba Mahamadi | 06 November 2017

Transparent decision-making and good record-keeping are essential in times of crises, a local gov...

COHESION

An end to the old guard?

19 October 2017

Westminster City Council’s deputy leader was given the security protection that perhaps only the ...

WHITEHALL

Let local government deliver May's vision

By Heather Jameson | 10 October 2017

Heather Jameson takes some of the key messages from her interview with Dame Louise Casey and call...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Sector's ethnicity under government scrutiny

By Mark Conrad | 10 October 2017

Councils have been warned they must ‘explain or change’ their record on ethnicity despite fresh d...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Prevent needs foster carers to be included

By Hiba Mahamadi | 27 September 2017

Foster carers need to be urgently included in the Government’s Prevent programme, a membership or...

EDUCATION

Brum praised for tackling illegal schools

By Hiba Mahamadi | 27 September 2017

Ofsted’s chief inspector has praised Birmingham City Council for working with the regulator to ta...

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