Communities

By Rob Smith | 02 February 2023

Rob Smith sets out the main conclusions of a landmark report based on the Society of Local Counci...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall urged to engage more with towns and parishes

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2023

Parish councils and principal authorities should agree a ‘duty to consult’ across tiers of local ...

FINANCE

Councils should help residents do more for themselves, auditor urges

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023

Local authorities in Wales should develop community resilience initiatives to help residents do m...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Mission Zero is good news for local government

By Jason Torrance | 20 January 2023

The Mission Zero review marks a significant shift from government Net Zero approaches that have s...

Gulf in communities' levels of social trust

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2023

New research has uncovered huge disparities in social trust between neighbouring communities.

SOLACE

Bonne année French style

By Mike Bennett | 12 January 2023

The Mayors of communes in France host a fine civic tradition to welcome in the new year, celebrat...

WHITEHALL

Public service reform is back on the table

By Jessica Studdert | 09 January 2023

Jessica Studdert says public sector reform is back on the agenda and could make room for a more n...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Now is the time for government to invest in community businesses

By Nick Plumb | 05 January 2023

Community businesses are resilient in tough times, and that’s why the Government needs to priorit...

LEISURE

Groundwork: fair and green for forty years

By Graham Duxbury | 20 December 2022

Graham Duxbury reflects on Groundwork’s achievements over 40 years and says the fight to address ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Community engagement in a post-Covid age

By Jonathan Stephenson | 19 December 2022

Jonathan Stephenson looks at how, in the aftermath of Covid, we can get better insight from more ...

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