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TRANSFORMATION
Local authorities in the spotlight: Hit the simplify button
By Selinda Chouhan | 20 February 2024
Service director at Peopletoo Selinda Chouhan sets out nine foundations local authorities need to...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Working with Government can deliver real dividends
By Cllr Kevin Bentley | 15 February 2024
Collaboration with Government can achieve real results for communities and councils should not be...
HEALTH
Creating a Centre for Population Health
By Durka Dougall | 13 February 2024
Professor Durka Dougall explains how the Centre for Population Health can support health and care...
PLANNING
Time for a new economic playbook for place
By Robin Tuddenham | 06 February 2024
More than ever, place-making needs to be at the centre of what councils do and not at a single sp...
FINANCE
Revised Best Value notices for two authorities
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2024
Two authorities have been issued with revised Best Value notices by ministers after it was found ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Stockton's winning digital formula
By Cllr Lisa Evans | 31 January 2024
Stockton BC scooped the digital transformation award at The MJ Awards for its innovative approach...
FINANCE
Hollowed out local government sets off a downward spiral
By Mo Baines | 22 January 2024
'It is time to move the debate on from platitudes and tinkering with year-to-year budgets to the ...
EDUCATION
Dream big, start small
By Ann McGauran | 22 January 2024
Ann McGauran reports on the Local Government AI Summit, which was aimed at providing the sector w...
FINANCE
NAO issues wake-up call
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2024
The National Audit Office (NAO) chief’s warnings to Whitehall over governance are a wake-up call ...
ENVIRONMENT
UK councils in distress – What can we learn from 'Down Under'?
By Ian Owen | 18 December 2023
Recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Australia, Ian Owen describes how councils in the U...
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