The case for elected mayors is not clear-cut, say George Jones and John Stewart.
Councils and health trusts should sign 'pre-nup' agreements to prevent the new health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) becoming gridlocked, a local government think-tank has claimed.
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Blackpool MP Gordon Marsden has accused the NHS of wasting millions of pounds on 'boomerang' redundancy payments.
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Council bosses pledge to maintain the snowballing momentum behind social care funding reform, following the Queen's Speech.
Health secretary gets Cabinet approval to block publication of official advice on risks of Government's NHS reforms.
The number of people fully-covered by local authority care fell by 11% in the past two years, Labour Party figures suggest.
Sector experts express concerns over absence of long-term care funding plans in the Government’s legislative agenda.
Essex CC's adult social care team has helped slash the number of delayed discharges for care patients from local hospitals.
The NSPCC is working with councils to help find better ways of getting children home after they have been in care, but local leadership will be vital. Tom Rahill explains.
Will a minimum pricing strategy have much of an effect on binge-drinking? Addiction treatment expert, Andrew Harrison, thinks not.
Graham Burgess tells Heather Jameson about the impact on cross-public sector working.
Paul Corrigan believes NHS reforms are not a 'tough and bold' idea.
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Dermott Calpin reports from the roundtable organised by Trowers and Hamlins together with The MJ on how local government will respond to budget cuts.
Three major local government policies implemented by the coalition – including controversial benefits caps – face the prospect of legal challenges, lawyers warned this week.
How do councils understand and communicate with the citizen of the future? Richard Giblin, of Pitney Bowes Software, gives some answers.
Bath and North East Somerset Council has confirmed it intends to bring forward an agreed restructuring of its senior management team by six months.