PUBLIC HEALTH
What does the new world order look like for local government?
By Trevor Holden | 07 February 2022
Going back to the way the world was before the pandemic and returning to old ways of working woul...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
County Deals approach falls far short of treating districts as equal partners
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 07 February 2022
We need much stronger mechanisms to promote the active involvement of district councils in the Co...
LEISURE
Gove's suggestion on non-statutory services won't work
By Mo Baines | 04 February 2022
Michael Gove recently said councils could drop some non-statutory services – but these are the es...
COUNCIL TAX
Supporting Wandsworth's residents through difficult times
By Cllr Ravi Govindia | 01 February 2022
Wandsworth LBC is freezing council rents along with heating and hot water fuel charges from April...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Making social work matter for children
By Melanie John-Ross | 01 February 2022
Melanie John-Ross looks back at the successes of the Children’s Social Work Matters programme, in...
FINANCE
'Roaring Twenties' could end up as a whimper
By Paul O’Brien | 01 February 2022
'As with the 1920s, today's economic and political landscape is strewn with messy public policy i...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Celebrating those helping to keep us safe
By Cllr Richard Roberts | 01 February 2022
Hertfordshire is proposing to use the adult care precept to increase pay for those working in car...
HOMELESSNESS
Helping our homeless
By Bob Neill | 01 February 2022
The scale of the success of the Everyone In initiative in tackling rough sleeping should not be u...
FINANCE
Supporting a more financially resilient sector
By Rob Whiteman | 01 February 2022
Rob Whiteman looks at CIPFA's eight assurance reviews of the councils that asked the Government f...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Government could scrap mandatory vaccines for care staff
By Laura Sharman | 01 February 2022
The Government is considering scrapping compulsory COVID vaccines for health and care workers in ...
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