Title
FINANCE
Why councils need to watch their language
By Hannah Moffatt | 28 April 2017
Writing better letters can help build stronger relationships with residents and boost income. Han...
HUMOUR
Gerry's definitely not here
26 April 2017
Twitter gaffes are 10-a-penny nowadays, but North Norfolk DC did perform a fairly spectacular one...
HUMOUR
4 Wheel Drive Woman on Eric Pickles
26 April 2017
Gosh, Tarquin, this talk of a General Election is absolutely exhausting.
FINANCE
Championing the community
20 April 2017
Cambridgeshire CC won the Excellence in Community Engagement prize at The MJ’s Local Government E...
DIGITAL
Working out what really drives our communities
By Simon Jones | 11 April 2017
Councils must develop richer insight that gets under the skin of their communities, argues Simon ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
What's the right message?
By Claire Fox | 22 March 2017
Authorities flouting rules restricting the publication of town hall freesheets are in danger of c...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A million pounds of fun
24 January 2017
Diary has long lamented the decline of local newspapers and its impact on democracy.
SOCIAL CARE
Curse of the cliché
10 January 2017
It is not major government announcements themselves in which Diary most revels.
DCLG
Rebel councils stand firm in face of DCLG crackdown
By James Evison | 16 December 2016
Three rebel local authorities flouting the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCL...
HEALTH
Diverse but not divided
By Kersten England | 22 November 2016
Kersten England explains how councils across the country can learn from Bradford MDC's work to fo...
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