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FAIR FUNDING
Fair funding must reflect real need – not just population growth
By Cllr Tracey Dixon | 21 August 2025
Any fair funding formula must reflect not just how many people live in an area, but the depth and...
WELLBEING
The North East is perfectly positioned to lead a wellbeing revolution
By Nick Kemp | 19 August 2025
Nick Kemp explains why the North East should champion public wellbeing.
PROCUREMENT
Transforming procurement
By Karen Bradford | 18 August 2025
Karen Bradford looks at how to unlock the value of procurement as a strategic tool for local gove...
LEADERSHIP
Showing graduate recruits that they can make a real difference
By Maxine O'Mahony | 18 August 2025
Maxine O'Mahony says : 'Graduates who join the sector now will help lead through a time of transf...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Back on track for families
By Jeanette Richards | 18 August 2025
When Jeanette Richards took up her executive director of children’s services’ post at Bury Counci...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
North-South should be less them and us, and more all of us
By Heather Jameson | 18 August 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'A northern office could help pop the Westminster bubble – a step that can ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Reshaping the landscape for our children
By Andy Smith | 15 August 2025
As children’s services face a series of overlapping reforms – not least local government reorgani...
FAIR FUNDING
Fix the flawed children's funding formula
By Michael McVicker | 15 August 2025
Michael McVicker explains why the proposed children’s social care funding formula is unfit for pu...
YOUTH SERVICES
The challenge for decision makers is how best to listen to young people
By Graham Duxbury | 13 August 2025
Young people are indeed entitled – entitled to a say in the decisions we make now that will shape...
REGENERATION
Regeneration can sometimes look like decline, until it doesn't
By Andrew Carter | 13 August 2025
Many local authorities are making brave decisions on high street renewal, often with limited reso...
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