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REORGANISATION

Now for the fair funding fireworks

By Michael Burton | 25 June 2025

The Government has finally grasped the nettle of fair funding by producing a controversial draft ...

REORGANISATION

The death of local government

By Steve Leach | 25 June 2025

The Government’s commitment to authorities of around half-a-million will further decimate the cou...

FUNDING

The Government is getting it

By Zoe Billingham | 24 June 2025

All in all, the Government is getting it, says Zoë Billingham. ‘Improving living standards in eve...

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE

Making a 'neighbourhood health service' a reality

By Alison Griffin | 22 June 2025

Health and care partners in the capital are coming together to make visions of a ‘neighbourhood h...

PARTNERSHIPS

Let's safeguard what has made our partnerships so successful

By Maxine O’Mahony | 22 June 2025

As local government navigates its way through reorganisation, partnerships like ARP offer a bluep...

INVESTMENT

Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment

By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025

Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...

Government needs to stop being shy about its exciting public service reform vision

By Jessica Studdert | 19 June 2025

There is a growing movement for more creative, grassroots-led public service reform to shift our ...

SAFEGUARDING

Councils need to step up and get a grip on CSE

By Heather Jameson | 19 June 2025

There has been political inaction across the major parties on child sexual exploitation, spanning...

FINANCE

Section 151 officers must be able to forecast with greater confidence

By Tracy Bingham | 19 June 2025

The sector knew not to expect full detail in the Spending Review but the absence of any further i...

PREVENTION

Spending Review: Little room for a more preventative approach to health

By Andria Mastroianni | 17 June 2025

Andria Mastroianni says relying on council tax to fill funding gaps risks exacerbating, rather th...