LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Taking on toxic times

By Sir Bob Neill | 08 February 2023

Threats of violence, misogyny, racism and homophobia are all part and parcel of modern-day politi...

WHITEHALL

Yorkshire Mayors call for cultural devolution

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2023

The mayors of South and West Yorkshire have called for cultural spending to be devolved from Whit...

WHITEHALL

Districts' legal threat over devolution deal

By Paul Marinko | 17 January 2023

Four Norfolk districts have threatened to take legal action over the county’s handling of a devol...

FINANCE

Brown to ask Government to bypass referendum limit

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2023

The chief executive of troubled Slough Council is preparing to ask the Government for permission ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Community engagement in a post-Covid age

By Jonathan Stephenson | 19 December 2022

Jonathan Stephenson looks at how, in the aftermath of Covid, we can get better insight from more ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Labour outlines huge devolution push

By Mark Conrad | 05 December 2022

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has proposed removing the ‘dead hand of centralisation’ by devolvi...

WHITEHALL

Labour to hand sector control of back to work programmes

By Mark Conrad | 29 November 2022

Councils will be handed control of back to work programmes under a Labour Government, shadow mini...

WHITEHALL

Tributes paid to academic Stewart

By Dan Peters | 24 November 2022

Tributes have been paid to local government academic John Stewart, who has died.

FINANCE

Council tax hikes won't be enough, Hunt warned

By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022

Council tax rises alone will not be enough to bridge the gaping budget shortfalls faced by local ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

National leadership has failed

By Polly Lord | 01 November 2022

Polly Lord says it is councils (again) who are stepping up to lead through the current crisis and...

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Principal Lawyer (Adult Social Care)

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