CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Responding to the rise in parental conflict during lockdown
By Virginia Ghiara | 08 September 2020
Despite a divergence in referral rates during COVID, research has found that councils are respond...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Councils should be at the centre of a renewed push on public health
By Cllr Sir Ray Puddifoot | 07 September 2020
Councils must be at the heart of a new, reinvigorated national push on improving public health pr...
WHITEHALL
Warning 2021 polls will be 'most challenging' in a generation
By Dan Peters | 07 September 2020
Returning officers have been warned they face the ‘most challenging elections to administer in ou...
HEALTH
Tackling inequalities is everyone's business in Birmingham
By Cllr John Cotton | 07 September 2020
Tomorrow’s report to Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet makes it clear that tackling inequalities ...
FINANCE
Councils v Coronavirus: plan beats no plan
By Robert Pollock | 07 September 2020
Coronavirus scenario planning exercises with councils have revealed insights into the types of de...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Leader of 'North Korea' council deposed
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2020
The leader of a scandal-hit council compared to North Korea has been deposed after a vote of no c...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Reform of Public Health England is a future of work question
By Dr Abigail Gilbert | 03 September 2020
Local areas should be ‘empowered and equipped to respond to the more familiar and endogenous driv...
WHITEHALL
Lockdowns should be decided locally, says WHO special envoy
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2020
Decisions on local coronavirus restrictions should be made locally, a top World Health Organisati...
PAY
Now is not the time to downgrade council chiefs
By Heather Jameson | 02 September 2020
York's top team reorganisation could end up being a case of putting cost before value, says Heath...
FINANCE
Blood out of stone
By Tony Kirkham | 02 September 2020
Opportunities to drive out further efficiencies from councils lie in prevention and integration, ...
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