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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Devolution, Brexit and health pledge tops agenda
By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2019
Heather Jameson says the Queen’s Speech could be the shortest-lived legislative plan in history –...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Mending a shattered society
By Donna Hall | 15 October 2019
Local government must be the glue that mends the broken bonds of our communities, writes Donna Hall.
COUNCILLORS
Solace preview: Evolving our approach to ethics and standards
By Jacqui McKinlay | 18 September 2019
Local government is well-placed to lead the way in evolving and supporting ethical standards to k...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Repairing children's services is an investment worth making
By Heather Jameson | 11 September 2019
Spending more on services to stop the rising costs of taking children into care must be worth the...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Radical change call amid lack of vision
By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2019
The think-tank NLGN has called for a radical change in approach to children’s services to end ‘de...
NEW LOCAL
The crisis in violent youth crime: evidence from local government
By Trinley Walker | 21 August 2019
Trinley Walker says that on violent youth crime, the results of the New Local Government Network’...
FINANCE
Crime-fighting funds in scarce supply - survey
By Dan Peters | 21 August 2019
Three out of four UK council chief executives and leaders do not have access to enough funding to...
WHITEHALL
Jenrick excluded from daily Brexit committee
By Dan Peters | 06 August 2019
Concerns have been raised about Marsham Street’s influence on Brexit matters in Whitehall.
BUSINESS
Use Brexit to rewrite public sector procurement rules
By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019
A new paper from the New Local Government Network (NLGN) says Brexit should be used as an opportu...
NEW LOCAL
Put communities in charge of public service inspection
By Adam Lent | 03 July 2019
Adam Lent considers the merits of ‘replacing inspectors swooping in and out every few years’ with...
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