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POLICY AND POLITICS
Stronger Things: Real interest in community power at the top of Labour
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2024
There is ‘real interest and engagement’ among Labour politicians nationally in community power al...
WELFARE
Knitting the net to tackle hardship
By More recently the Household Support Fund (HSF) has played a crucial role in bolstering this provision. But the HSF is now due to end in September. This is deeply short-sighted. As the National Audit Office has shown, local welfare assistance generates savings for other parts of local and national government by preventing crises spiralling. | 28 May 2024
Speaker at New Local's upcoming Stronger Things 2024 Katie Schmuecker argues councils are key to ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Treasury civil servants considering how income tax devolution could work
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2024
Treasury officials are considering how the idea of devolving powers to local government to retain...
TRANSFORMATION
Strength in numbers
30 April 2024
Stronger Things comes at a crucial point, when delegates can set the agenda for a new government ...
WHITEHALL
Whiteman criticises lack of prevention focus in productivity demands
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Some ministerial productivity demands are ‘populist nonsense’ more likely to appear in election c...
DEVOLUTION
Reform should not be detached from wider purpose
By Jessica Studdert | 02 April 2024
The role of the centre and its interface with regions and localities must shift as devolution mat...
PEOPLE
New Local chief announces departure
By Martin Ford | 23 February 2024
Adam Lent is to leave the think-tank in May.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government needs a 10 year plan for renewal
By Jessica Studdert | 19 February 2024
Jessica Studdert says: 'Whether or not future growth enables overall spending to rise, Treasury c...
WHITEHALL
The challenge of governing isn't just what, but how
By Jessica Studdert | 08 January 2024
Whoever wins the election, by whatever platform, their entry into office will quickly be met with...
WHITEHALL
Devo's the word – so what comes next?
By Heather Jameson | 21 November 2023
Michael Gove’s appearance at the County Councils’ Network conference this week may have been ill-...
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Deputy Director of Adult Social Services
up to £108,870
Rochdale is a diverse metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, home to around 242,000 residents. Apply for this job
Head of Regeneration and Strategic Project Delivery
£82,242.00 - £91,146.00 per Year
Help shape the future of the Vale of Glamorgan. Apply for this job
Director of Care & Health Integration (DASS) and NHS Place Partnership Director
up to £149,041
Rochdale is a diverse metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, home to around 242,000 residents. Apply for this job
- Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
- GMB branch secretaries to go on strike against own union
- Local authorities are central to building the places where people live, work and socialise
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Councils demand full cost recovery for planning fees
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