COVID

White van man on... coronavirus

30 September 2020

We’ve pretty well worked out by now that sending your granny to a an old folk’s home is a sure wa...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Let's fix our connectivity dysfunction

By Jessica Studdert | 30 September 2020

The Government is used to operating in broadcast mode rather than engaging in ongoing dialogue wi...

DEVOLUTION

Why devolution resonates with the public

By Professor Edward Cartwright | 30 September 2020

The centre-local disconnect has become starker during COVID-19 – but a survey shows the public d...

BUSINESS RATES

Central government needs to stand back

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2020

Dr Jonathan Carr-West asks if anyone has any sense of a sustained strategic focus on tackling the...

FINANCE

Things will be moving quicker than ever on budgets

By Adele Taylor | 30 September 2020

'Our medium-term financial planning is just that, a plan with many moving parts', says Adele Tayl...

SOCIAL CARE

Get local government into the room – before decisions are made

By Heather Jameson | 30 September 2020

Local government is far from perfect, says Heather Jameson. 'And that is before you consider the ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Keeping tourism going in the face of the unknowns

By Sheila Oxtoby | 29 September 2020

Sheila Oxtoby outlines the challenge of 'encouraging businesses to remain positive and continue t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Engage some of the pandemic's casualties in a more locally-based recovery

By Paul O’Brien | 29 September 2020

The upcoming comprehensive spending review represents a great opportunity for ministers to show ...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Facing down the pandemic

By Heather Jameson | 29 September 2020

A line-up of 13 top speakers delivered The MJ’s first virtual Future Forum on lessons learned fro...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Nine regional chiefs deliver Whitehall ultimatum

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2020

An ultimatum has been delivered by the nine regional chief executives working closely with the Go...