COUNCIL TAX
Why councils should support the expansion of Fair for You
By Damon Gibbons | 22 September 2020
As part of their plans to reshape financial support for residents, councils should enter into fo...
DEVOLUTION
There's no justification for the 'patchwork quilt' of councils
By Anthony May | 22 September 2020
For better or for worse, the Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper should be a long overdue c...
DEVOLUTION
'A really terrible time' for reorganisation
22 September 2020
There is never going to be a good time for local government reorganisation, says Paul Shevlin. 'T...
SOLACE
Now is the time to reflect, reset and reimagine the future of local government
By Graeme McDonald | 22 September 2020
It's all too easy to paint a bleak picture where local government professionals become the admini...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Talk to councils first on COVID
By Bob Neill | 22 September 2020
The centre’s lack of communication with councils on crucial aspects of COVID policy – including t...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Staring into the jobs abyss
By John Cooper | 22 September 2020
With the furlough scheme due to finish at the end of next month, can local government support COV...
WASTE
Recycle Week is so important, this year of all years
By Peter Maddox | 21 September 2020
As Recycle Week starts, director of WRAP UK Peter Maddox highlights the public’s high levels of s...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Call for Cobra meeting with regional leaders
By Martin Ford | 21 September 2020
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has pressed for a Cobra meeting with leaders from the Engli...
WHITEHALL
Council leaders told to start preparing for self-isolation support scheme
By Dan Peters | 21 September 2020
English council leaders have been asked to start preparing to implement financial support for peo...
SOCIAL CARE
Government prepares care homes for coronavirus surge
By Martin Ford | 18 September 2020
Councils will be asked to ‘take strong action’ against care homes that ignore new restrictions on...
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