SOCIAL CARE

'Wicked questions' need resolving on health and care integration

16 February 2022

The integration White Paper will help move the NHS towards a new partnership with local governmen...

HEALTH

Joining up care for people, places and populations: a genuinely radical leap forward

By Steve Barwick | 16 February 2022

There is a great deal in the Integration White Paper to be welcomed and it represents a radical s...

DEVOLUTION

Building a new North

By John Cooper | 16 February 2022

What lies ahead for communities across the North after the publication of the Levelling Up White ...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Rewriting the devolution rulebook

By Simon Edwards | 15 February 2022

After being left on the sidelines for years, county councils are now firmly at the heart of the G...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Districts down over levelling up details

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2022

Disappointed district councils will make their case to the Government next week after the Levelli...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

It's time for local leaders to unleash their creativity on levelling up

By Marc Kidson | 09 February 2022

The lack of a central roadmap in the Levelling Up White Paper offers a unique opportunity to loca...

DEVOLUTION

Show us the money

By Cllr John Merry | 09 February 2022

The Government’s levelling up ambitions are welcome but will need substantial long-term funding i...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

What a data-driven Levelling Up White Paper could have looked like

09 February 2022

Dr Nicola Headlam considers what the Levelling Up White Paper might have looked like if it had be...

DEVOLUTION

Extending devolution beyond our city regions is a welcome move

By James Jamieson | 09 February 2022

The Local Government Association has long called for a devolution framework and the White Paper’s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Leading the fourth industrial age'

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

Taking on the chief executive’s job at one of the UK’s biggest cities, Pam Smith explains to Heat...