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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Local government may struggle without a bailout
By Zoe Billingham | 07 April 2020
The crisis support from central government for businesses and wages is welcome and needed, writes...
SOLACE
Our role will be refocused around resilience
By Graeme McDonald | 06 April 2020
Beyond the initial emergency response, we must ensure communities can emerge and re-establish the...
HEALTH
PPE 'on its way' to the frontline
By Heather Jameson | 06 April 2020
More than 30 million items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are due to be delivered to Loca...
WHITEHALL
Birmingham leader demands clarity on coronavirus failures
By Heather Jameson | 02 April 2020
The leader of Birmingham City Council has written to the Government seeking urgent clarity on pla...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
'Things will probably not be the same again'
By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020
John Henderson’s top-level military background is proving crucial to Staffordshire CC as it refoc...
COMMUNICATIONS
A nine-point guide to COVID-19 crisis communications
By Richard Stokoe | 31 March 2020
Communications has often been seen as a luxury, says Richard Stokoe – but this time it is ‘at the...
CLIMATE CHANGE
We need to be ready to cope with the next shock
By Ian Miller | 27 March 2020
When the opportunity to reflect comes, Ian Miller feels the conclusion may be reached that the UK...
SOCIAL CARE
We will do everything we can to save lives
By Martin Swales | 26 March 2020
The national COVID-19 emergency is seeing the very best of our councils and our workforces and we...
SOLACE
The work of local government has become 'even more urgent'
By Ann McGauran | 26 March 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting ‘the very best of councils and our workforces’, accordin...
PAY
Former Solace chief takes crisis pay cut
By Heather Jameson | 25 March 2020
Former Solace president Jo Miller has taken a 10% pay cut as her council launched a range of meas...
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