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LEISURE

Turning the tide

By Cllr Vikki Slade | 22 July 2020

Cllr Vikki Slade outlines the key aspects of BCP Council’s response when day trippers arrived in ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Improving engagement and communication across the NHS in a time of crisis

By Steve Brain, Executive Director, Health & Care – Civica | 22 July 2020

Effective communication and digital innovation is the key to keeping employees engaged and well-i...

FINANCE

London boroughs face £23m rent arrears due to Universal Credit

By Martin Ford | 22 July 2020

The rollout of Universal Credit is leading to thousands of council tenants falling behind on rent...

WHITEHALL

The central truth behind Boris's local promises

By Heather Jameson | 21 July 2020

How long will it be before central Government starts to notice that the best way to intervene at...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

COVID-19 testing is anything but strategic

By Vic Rayner | 21 July 2020

Vic Rayner says local Public Health England teams still rely on care homes to manually update the...

SOCIAL CARE

Long-term care in the wake of COVID-19

By Baroness Sally Greengross | 21 July 2020

Baroness Sally Greengross says the care home sector should not have been ignored in planning for ...

MANAGEMENT

Leaders and laggers in a post-COVID world

By John Knight | 21 July 2020

In a post-modern world of local government we may well be looking at the survival of the fittest ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Closing the gap

By Ann McGauran | 21 July 2020

Jenny Coles, president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, gives Ann McGauran...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Moving to warp speed on transformation in Walsall

By Heather Jameson | 21 July 2020

Walsall MBC’s chief executive and leader talk to Heather Jameson about how the borough’s transfor...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Trust in the public realm really matters

By Jonathan Carr-West | 21 July 2020

Trust in public institutions cannot be rebuilt if different levels of government are seeking to d...