Opinion - Page 171

By Michael Burton | 29 March 2022

Little was said in last week’s Spring Statement about either levelling up or inflationary pressur...

POVERTY

Assume the brace position

By Chris Tambini | 29 March 2022

The real impact of the cost of living crisis is yet to really unfold and, as for council finances...

HOUSING

Think big, act local, start now

By Paul O’Brien | 29 March 2022

Communities will look to their local authority for further support with the cost of living crisis...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

How 'levelling up' got left out of the Spring Statement

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 29 March 2022

The chancellor mentioned the ‘levelling up’ agenda just once in his Spring Statement. Without ser...

WELFARE

Districts deserved better planning from the centre on UKSPF cash

By Ian Miller | 29 March 2022

It will be interesting to see how councils can produce a complementary approach to local investme...

RECRUITMENT

Getting creative with local government recruitment

By Catherine Malloy | 28 March 2022

Catherine Malloy offers some tips on how councils can help people visualise themselves in local g...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

10 key ingredients of a successful regeneration project

By Lucy Webb | 25 March 2022

Lucy Webb looks at the aspects that make regeneration projects successful and says the common thr...

COUNCIL TAX

Sunak's statement misses the mark for the most vulnerable

By Joanne Pitt | 25 March 2022

The Government has made this mini budget more about political gestures than effecting real change...

FINANCE

Government must support councils on the COVID frontline

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 March 2022

If the financial pressure for councils due to COVID is continuing then government support must fo...

EDUCATION

London's continuing uncertainty over UKSPF

By Cllr Nesil Caliskan | 25 March 2022

Cllr Nesil Caliskhan says London boroughs waited in vain for an update in the spring statement on...

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