Data

By Dan Corry | 30 August 2020

In the aftermath of the exams disaster it should sound obvious that the individual matters, says ...

DIGITAL

Councils urged to take on data firms

By Martin Ford | 05 August 2020

Councils should acquire and make use of digital data for the benefit of communities and challenge...

Councils get faster data insights to boost their COVID-19 recovery

By Deven Ghelani | 26 July 2020

Policy in Practice has secured new funding from Innovate UK, meaning councils will now have acces...

WHITEHALL

Two 'areas of intervention' named

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2020

The easing of the lockdown in two council areas has been paused after data showed COVID-19 was in...

WHITEHALL

Wilkins to take over from Riordan

By Dan Peters | 23 July 2020

Chief executive of Oldham MBC, Carolyn Wilkins, will take over Tom Riordan’s test and trace role,...

NEW LOCAL

As councils prepare for a second wave, they are held back by the centre

By Pawda Tjoa | 23 July 2020

The NLGN’s latest Leadership Index survey shows councils are not getting enough support from the ...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Call for clarity on social care testing and data

By Ann McGauran | 22 July 2020

Systems for accessing COVID-19 testing data for care homes and the provision of tests in other s...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Tackling the barriers to information-sharing

By Graham Bright | 21 July 2020

Graham Bright looks at the perceived legal and ethical barriers to sharing information about chil...

HEALTH

Hancock announces plans to share more data

By Heather Jameson | 20 July 2020

Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced plans to share more data with local government in a b...

HEALTH

Government denies test and trace breaches data rules

By Heather Jameson | 20 July 2020

The Government has been forced to deny its test and trace programme breaches data protection laws...

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