With no prospects of long-term funding solutions, social care teams are having to focus on creative initiatives and partnership working – and the Autumn Statement has added to the pressure. Paul Marinko reports.
The origins of the English planning system can be traced to an increased awareness of the role of the built environment in public health outcomes which came to the fore in the 1870s, following decades of cholera epidemics in cities and London’s [..]
As directors of children’s services prepare to attend the National Children and Adult Services Conference, Ann McGauran assesses the challenges and rewards of this important role
Is corporate peer review a robust enough way to predict the risks of a future section 114 or is it just one improvement tool in a system of assurance? Dan Peters examines the evidence.
There was little joy for under-pressure public sector budgets including local government from last week’s Autumn Statement as Michael Burton reports.
Slough Council’s sacked chief executive Josie Wragg reflects on ways to predict organisational instability and the risks of a tragic outcome as pressures on local government’s top officers increase. Ann McGauran reports.
Cllr James Jamieson reflects on a challenging period for the sector as he marks more than four years as chairman of the Local Government Association. He tells Heather Jameson his original priorities for the organisation and applauds how far it has come
Matt Prosser has taken over as the new president of Solace. Heather Jameson talks to him about his priorities, including the need to bring younger and more diverse people into local government leadership.
First-time chief executive Matt Gladstone says that when he took on the challenge of turning round Peterborough City Council everything was up for review. Heather Jameson reports on progress.
Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chinks of light on the horizon? Paul Marinko reports from a round table discussion organised by The MJ and the National Audit Office.
George Jones and John Stewart examine the burdens imposed on authorities by central government and argue that failings in the system can only be resolved if the centralist culture is challenged
Blair McPherson describes the changing nature of the relationship between officers and members.
How can local government leaders help cohesive communities to flourish in a time of growing populism and in the middle of a central political and policy vacuum? Ann McGauran reports
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