Opinion - Page 183

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 07 February 2022

We need much stronger mechanisms to promote the active involvement of district councils in the Co...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

You can't level up from Whitehall

By Sarah Longlands | 07 February 2022

The Levelling up White Paper spent a lot of time talking about ancient history, but will do littl...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

The white paper wait seems worth it for districts

By Ian Miller | 04 February 2022

The Government should be applauded for recognising – at last – that Whitehall does not know best ...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Missions misstep

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 February 2022

When it comes to its 12 missions, the Levelling Up White Paper does not really enable the multipl...

LEISURE

Gove's suggestion on non-statutory services won't work

By Mo Baines | 04 February 2022

Michael Gove recently said councils could drop some non-statutory services – but these are the es...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Six steps to preparing your council for the future of work

By David Burrows | 02 February 2022

David Burrows of Faethm outlines the workforce planning strategies that local government must dev...

COUNCIL TAX

Supporting Wandsworth's residents through difficult times

By Cllr Ravi Govindia | 01 February 2022

Wandsworth LBC is freezing council rents along with heating and hot water fuel charges from April...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Inflation's a concern for councils and residents

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 February 2022

Councils and residents are facing severe price rises that will hit the more deprived hardest, say...

FINANCE

'Roaring Twenties' could end up as a whimper

By Paul O’Brien | 01 February 2022

'As with the 1920s, today's economic and political landscape is strewn with messy public policy i...

REORGANISATION

We all need a steady and clear programme for the unitary journey

By Lawrence Conway | 01 February 2022

South Lakeland DC will be abolished and its functions transferred to one of Cumbria's two new uni...

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