POVERTY
Poverty: Rebuilding trust
By Vic Harper | 24 February 2025
Vic Harper argues that with many people on the financial brink, local government stands out as a pivotal force in rebuilding trust and addressing hidden poverty.
PLACE-MAKING
Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy
By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025
Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Building a brighter future for our children
By Andy Smith | 16 January 2025
Child poverty, a sector wide recruitment and retention crisis, and a ‘broken’ SEND system could f...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Powering up our rural communities
By Naomi Mason | 18 November 2024
Naomi Mason reports from an event focused on how the community wealth building approach works in ...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
How's the income pilot going in Wales?
By David Westlake | 24 October 2024
David Westlake and Zoe Bezeczky reflect on the early findings from the Basic Income for Care Leav...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Child poverty policy needs to be joined up
By Andy Smith | 18 September 2024
Local government needs to seize the chance to have a renewed, more rounded conversation about chi...
POVERTY
Six top tips for creating Pension Credit take-up campaigns
By Rebecca Lines | 23 August 2024
A change in eligibility rules for the Winter Fuel Payment has heightened the importance of older ...
POLICY
Working together to tackle poverty stigma in Wales – five key insights
By Amanda Hill-Dixon | 23 August 2024
Amanda Hill-Dixon sets out five insights gained by the Wales Centre for Public Policy from its ex...
POLITICS
Benefit of the doubt
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2024
Political pressure is to be piled on the Local Government Association (LGA) to strengthen its wav...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Build on the political will
By Andy Smith | 30 July 2024
ADCS president Andy Smith promises no simple solutions, but is positive about the prospects of im...
FINANCE
The new Government will need to be radical early
By Nicole Wood | 17 July 2024
'The good news is that local government has the expertise to enable financial sustainability, wor...
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