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FINANCE
Make prevention drive Budget decisions
By Mo Baines | 17 September 2026
A bold chancellor sees prevention may take years, but the long-term rewards of curbing welfare spend and improving public services through prevention is worth the investment, says Mo Baines.
SOCIAL CARE
National care, local power
By Paul Burstow | 04 September 2026
A National Care Service could strengthen national guarantees while giving councils greater freedo...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government rows back on plans to exclude councils from ICBs
By Lee Peart | 02 September 2026
Plans to exclude councils from ICBs have been scrapped by the Government.
SOCIAL CARE
Why social care reform must tackle more than cost
By Gerard Crofton-Martin | 02 September 2026
Social care reform must deal with financial inequality and widen choice, control and personalisat...
COHESION
When polarisation divides, leadership can reconnect us
By Wayne Reid | 21 August 2026
A year on from creating Shades of Bias (SoB) to enable critical thinking about discrimination, op...
FINANCE
EFS: A symptom of a system under strain
By Phil Rook | 06 August 2026
Local government needs a funding framework that supports statutory services sustainably rather th...
HEALTH AND CARE INTEGRATION
Doubts over health and care integration agreements
By Martin Ford | 06 August 2026
Doubts have been cast over the future of a key model for joint working between health and council...
HEALTH AND CARE INTEGRATION
The severed links in health and care integration
By Martin Ford | 06 August 2026
Despite recognition of the benefits of closer integration between health and social care, recent ...
HEALTH AND CARE INTEGRATION
Embedding the conditions for successful care collaboration
By Aidan Rave | 06 August 2026
Health and care integration hasn’t failed, we just don’t yet take it seriously enough, argues Aid...
FINANCE
Sorting the finances of social care
By Owen Mapley | 30 July 2026
In light of the Prime Minister’s announcement on social care Owen Mapley says it will take public...
DEVOLUTION
A mayor's journey shows why councils are essential partners in government
By Shabnum Mustapha | 30 July 2026
Shabnum Mustapha says Burnham’s mayoral experience highlights councils’ vital role in delivering ...
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