WELFARE
We can't help people if the Government keeps them in the dark
By Vic Harper | 21 May 2025
Local government needs the tools, the data, and the mandate to reach the people who are so often left behind, says Vic Harper.
WELFARE
Welfare: The playing field is anything but level
By Ian Greaves | 19 May 2025
The Welfare Reform Green Paper was driven by a wish to save money rather than to support disabled...
FINANCE
Only half of families aware of council tax support
By Martin Ford | 14 May 2025
Low income families are missing out on financial support schemes due to a lack of awareness, rese...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's big, better adventure
By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2025
There may be challenges ahead, but reorganisation fan Rachael Wardell sees rays of hope as she ta...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Bridging the gap
By Louise Gittins | 01 April 2025
Cllr Louise Gittins says that with the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poo...
POVERTY
Poverty: Rebuilding trust
By Vic Harper | 24 February 2025
Vic Harper argues that with many people on the financial brink, local government stands out as a...
PLACE-MAKING
Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy
By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025
Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Building a brighter future for our children
By Andy Smith | 16 January 2025
Child poverty, a sector wide recruitment and retention crisis, and a ‘broken’ SEND system could f...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Powering up our rural communities
By Naomi Mason | 18 November 2024
Naomi Mason reports from an event focused on how the community wealth building approach works in ...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
How's the income pilot going in Wales?
By David Westlake | 24 October 2024
David Westlake and Zoe Bezeczky reflect on the early findings from the Basic Income for Care Leav...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Child poverty policy needs to be joined up
By Andy Smith | 18 September 2024
Local government needs to seize the chance to have a renewed, more rounded conversation about chi...
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