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 ...

HR

Ditching the generational divide for a future-proof local government

By Michelle O'Neill | 11 September 2024

Are we ready to slay the generational divide and create a truly future-proof local government, as...

HOUSING

Councils call for £644m cash injection into housing

By Emily Twinch | 03 September 2024

Councils have urged the Government to plough £644m of capital funding into housing in England whi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Maximising the growth mission

By Tom Stannard | 30 July 2024

Tom Stannard says ‘taking back control’ is a good start, but more is needed to drive growth in lo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Putting councils at strategy's core

By Graeme McDonald | 30 July 2024

Local authorities, combined or not, will inescapably play a significant role in the success or fa...

SKILLS

Making a success of Skills England

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 30 July 2024

Taking a locally-led approach from the beginning would give Skills England an immediate kickstart...

SKILLS

Skills England to bring together central and local government

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2024

A new body will provide strategic oversight of the post-16 skills system, bringing together centr...

EDUCATION

Levelling up progress 'glacial', think-tank says

By William Eichler | 19 June 2024

Progress on levelling up in England has been ‘glacial’ and – according to some metrics – inequali...