Opinion - Page 130

By Simon Edwards | 01 November 2022

The Government is expected to delay the introduction of social care charging reforms but Simon Ed...

SOCIAL CARE

Shared Lives is a win-win

By Ewan King | 01 November 2022

Shared Lives has yet to grow to its potential and needs to be at the heart of our plans for adult...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rescuing the ship

By Jonathan Werran | 01 November 2022

The brand of compassionate Conservatism the new Prime Minister has outlined and has determined to...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

How Gove can resurrect 'levelling up'

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 31 October 2022

Chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Cllr Stephen Houghton has t...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Five local actions on SEND

By Al Thompson | 31 October 2022

Councils shouldn’t wait for funding and legislation to improve the experiences and outcomes for c...

FINANCE

It is time to stand up and say 'enough is enough'

By John Tizard | 31 October 2022

This is not the time for setting unbalanced budgets, but it is also not the time to act as if cou...

INFRASTRUCTURE

The clock is ticking on the big switch off

By Dan Davies | 28 October 2022

Time is ticking as councils drag their feet on the impending PSTN/ISDN, WLR switch off, but the p...

COMMERCIALISM

The tentative theory of the infinite queue

By Abdool Kara | 26 October 2022

Abdool Kara considers why a Government should invest in prevention when it will make no tangible ...

FINANCE

Future-proof funding or future failure?

By Phil Woolley | 26 October 2022

Phil Woolley says that given the current economic climate, and with worse likely yet to come, the...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Complaints matter more than ever

By Michael King | 26 October 2022

Local Government Ombudsman Michael King says that, while he is sympathetic to councils facing tou...

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