Opinion - Page 141

By James Maker | 06 September 2022

The County Councils Network, alongside others, will be making the strongest case possible to ensu...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Trading standards - market regulator and champion of fairness

By Cllr Jenny Hannaby | 05 September 2022

Now more than ever, councils’ trading standards service is essential to our economy and the envir...

HEALTH

How is our council cash being spent?

By John Tizard | 05 September 2022

John Tizard puts the case for a review of the effectiveness of local government’s £70bn third par...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

More grant funding, not devolved tax powers, will support levelling up

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 31 August 2022

Sir Stephen Houghton says fiscal devolution is not a ‘levelling up’ silver bullet – and a new ref...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Let's embrace a new challenge

By Manny Sandhu | 30 August 2022

Manny Sandhu explores why we should be looking at experiential learning to encourage a new type o...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

The case for prevention investment

By Abdool Kara | 30 August 2022

We may talk in terms of prevention, preservation or perhaps resilience, but the evidence is that ...

HOUSING

Maintaining services in the face of crises

By Kathy O’Leary | 30 August 2022

Greg Clark has asked councils to close loopholes to curtail risky income generation. Kathy O'Lear...

POVERTY

What can the new PM do on the cost of living crisis?

By Rob Whiteman | 30 August 2022

The Government will need to do more to support people through the winter – not just those on the ...

WELFARE

The cost of living crisis hits the helpers

By Michael Burton | 30 August 2022

A new survey by the District Councils' Network shows the average shortfall from unbudgeted pressu...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

What's the recipe for successful council companies?

By Perry Holmes | 29 August 2022

In the light of some high profile failures of councils’ commercial ventures, Perry Holmes suggest...

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