WORKFORCE

How councils can drive economic inclusion in the North

By Pam Parkes | 05 December 2024

Pam Parkes highlights three priorities for many Northern councils to inform their agenda for econ...

POLITICS

Call for return of public service agreements

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024

Ministers should bring back the model of public service agreements (PSA) introduced under the pre...

WHITEHALL

Devolution would help skills 'mismatch' - report

By Emily Twinch | 03 December 2024

Central Government should give local areas greater powers over skills policies to address the ‘mi...

SKILLS

Driving up growth with more localised employment support

By Elaine Smith | 25 November 2024

Combined authorities wondering how they can best harness their new powers can now access tailored...

RECRUITMENT

Skills shortages laid bare

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2024

Four out of five councils are seeing impacts on services due to shortages of talent, a report has...

FINANCE

Councils join project to explore preventative spending

By Emily Twinch | 14 October 2024

Four councils have joined a two-year project aimed at coming up with a methodology for calculatin...

MAYORS

Metro mayors see potential tensions ahead

By Andrew Carter | 11 October 2024

Andrew Carter says we will only have to wait until later this autumn to find out exactly how far ...

ENERGY

A happy ending to the retrofit challenge in Oxfordshire

By Gayle Pilkington | 17 September 2024

Gayle Pilkington discusses the challenges her Oxfordshire CC team is facing in finding households...

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum Midlands: 'Private sector can bring capacity and skills'

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2024

DEVOLUTION

The devo's in the detail

By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2024

The proposed English Devolution Bill has given encouragement to many local leaders, but with the ...