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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Stronger Things: Chief champions need to 'renew democracy'
By Paul Marinko | 04 June 2024
Councils can ‘renew democracy from the grassroots up,’ a borough chief has claimed in a plea for ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Stronger Things: Public services are structured for waste, says Denham
By Heather Jameson | 04 June 2024
The current system of public services is structured to create waste, a former local government se...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Stronger Things: Real interest in community power at the top of Labour
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2024
There is ‘real interest and engagement’ among Labour politicians nationally in community power al...
PLANNING
Climate action: Give us the tools so we can get the job done
By Cllr Pete Sudbury | 03 June 2024
Cllr Dr Pete Sudbury says councils are the best bodies for delivering local climate action. He ca...
WELFARE
Knitting the net to tackle hardship
By More recently the Household Support Fund (HSF) has played a crucial role in bolstering this provision. But the HSF is now due to end in September. This is deeply short-sighted. As the National Audit Office has shown, local welfare assistance generates savings for other parts of local and national government by preventing crises spiralling. | 28 May 2024
Speaker at New Local's upcoming Stronger Things 2024 Katie Schmuecker argues councils are key to ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Feel the power
28 May 2024
Georgia Gould explains what Camden LBC is doing to harness and enhance the passion of people in a...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Building the pillars of wisdom
28 May 2024
It’s the penultimate challenge for the contestants of this year’s Local Government Challenge. The...
WHITEHALL
Government's waste reform timetable is rubbish
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 21 May 2024
The Government's proposed timetable for waste reform is every bit as rubbish as I had feared, wri...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
'Fix the broken system'
By Sarah Longlands | 15 May 2024
Local authorities are taking the lead in trying to alleviate the climate crisis but there is a de...
ENVIRONMENT
Restoring resilience
15 May 2024
Councils need to own the leadership of the response to extreme weather events and should argue th...
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