Title
SEND
SEND support legal requirements relaxed
By Martin Ford | 25 March 2020
The Government has used emergency powers to relax requirements for councils supporting children w...
NEW LOCAL
Staying afloat while rocking the boat
By Katy Oglethorpe | 25 March 2020
Katy Oglethorpe says the context may have ‘shifted unimaginably’ in the fortnight since hundreds ...
WHITEHALL
Now is not the time for Westminster to tighten its centralising grip
By Sarah Longlands | 25 March 2020
Reducing the spread of the virus requires Westminster to loosen the reins of power and to trust d...
COMMUNITIES
We won't let our citizens down
By Lawrence Conway | 25 March 2020
Lawrence Conway says South Lakeland DC is 'asking our teams to be flexible about how they work an...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Pulling together to help those in need
By Dan Peters | 25 March 2020
Jacqui Gedman tells Dan Peters that Kirkless MBC is up to the challenge of COVID-19, but it is ‘...
ENVIRONMENT
The benefits of digital aid
By Charles Skinner | 25 March 2020
Charles Skinner argues any proven off-the-shelf system that can join up many players during incid...
SOCIAL CARE
Now councils really are stripped to the core in a crisis
By Heather Jameson | 25 March 2020
Local authorities are rising to the challenge with a range of short-term fixes that will carry th...
RECRUITMENT
Recruiting in the coronavirus crisis
By Julie Towers | 25 March 2020
How do you adapt to attract talent during the coronavirus crisis? Penna’s Julie Towers shares her...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A powerful light at the end of the tunnel
By Donna Hall | 25 March 2020
These are the most challenging times most of us have lived through, says Donna Hall – and ‘we can...
SOCIAL CARE
Corbynism triumphs just as he leaves the political stage
By Michael Burton | 25 March 2020
The country has 'gone Corbynite', says Michael Burton, and the public has rediscovered its love o...
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