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FINANCE

Hammond urged to tackle budget black hole

By Thomas Bridge | 16 November 2016

Local government has united to demand financial clarity from next week’s Autumn Statement amid fe...

FINANCE

Demands for the chancellor

By Rob Whiteman | 16 November 2016

Councils need a medium-term solutions and not an annual sticking plaster from next week's Autumn ...

FINANCE

Key questions for Hammond on staffing

By Sue Evans | 16 November 2016

The Autumn Statement will need to deliver new policies on apprenticeships, address the impact of ...

FINANCE

What will the Autumn Statement deliver?

16 November 2016

With the Autumn Statement one week away, leading local government figures explain their hopes, co...

FINANCE

STPs are the 'right thing done badly'

By Sam Clayden | 14 November 2016

Controversial NHS sustainability and transformation plans are the ‘right thing done badly,’ accor...

FINANCE

Delayed transfers hit record highs

By Sam Clayden | 11 November 2016

Delayed transfers have hit record highs, prompting fears that councils and health organisations w...

HEALTH

Virgin wins £700m care contract

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 November 2016

Bath and North East Somerset Council and a local clinical commissioning group (CCG) have awarded ...

HEALTH

Practical action on health

10 November 2016

After a wave of reports on the social care crisis, Steven Phillips explains how providers can imp...

FINANCE

Home care complaints see 25% increase

10 November 2016

Complaints about the quality of home care in England have increased by 25% in the past year, new ...

FINANCE

Ministers under pressure over social care

By Michael Burton | 09 November 2016

There were plenty of gloomy predictions for adult social care at this year’s NCAS social services...