Analysis The MJ
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A developing story
November 29, 2018
Heather Jameson talks to chief executive of Homes England Nick Walkley about supporting house building and working with the LGA to regrow capacity within local government.
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‘Living wills are not enough on their own’
November 27, 2018
The post-Carillion move by the Government to get outsourcing companies to draw up ‘living wills’ to protect services has been generally welcomed by the sector – but concerns remain, according to Hiba Mahamadi
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Social media: steering a path
November 23, 2018
Research by The MJ and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives shows approximately seven out of 10 council bosses use Twitter for work – but Dan Peters wonders if they are making the most of the ‘huge benefits’ social media can offer
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Ten of the best
November 22, 2018
Which 10 councils get the best results? Consultancy firm iMPOWER claims to have found out by analysing service-based figures from 30 public datasets to create a productivity index for the 150 upper tier authorities. Heather Jameson reports
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Doing it for themselves
November 21, 2018
Leaders from across the North may have rated last week’s meeting with the Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry as a positive one - but the region is focusing now on ‘what we can do ourselves to make a real difference’. Hiba Mahamadi reports
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Tackling the threat of terror together
November 16, 2018
Mark Conrad recently attended Prevent Strategy Channel Panel training and witnessed the wide range of dilemmas facing frontline staff tackling radicalisation and terror threats.
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The risk from cuts
November 14, 2018
Children’s social care has become more efficient since 2010, but Graham Atkins argues this will be difficult to push further and cuts to wider services risk increasing demand
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Kid’s care on a cliff edge
November 13, 2018
Following a report by ADCS that initial contacts made to children’s social care have increased by 78% over 10 years, Martin Ford finds out how council specialists are addressing the pressures to keep delivering as budgets dwindle
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Local democracy reporters aid transparency
November 7, 2018
The Local Democracy Reporting Service – the new BBC scheme that attempts to fill the gap in the reporting of local democracy issues – is already having an impact, reports Dan Peters
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SENDing a message to government
November 5, 2018
With two councils awaiting the outcomes of judicial reviews into their plans to cut back spending on SEND services and a possible legal challenge for central government, Ann McGauran asks if more cash will be found to deal with 'a sense of crisis'
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Changing places
November 1, 2018
Dan Peters reports on how the face of senior management in local government has changed since 2010.
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High costs holding back adulthood social mobility in London
November 1, 2018
The core cities are generally failing to match London’s performance on overall social mobility but the capital scores poorly during the adulthood life stage, reports Ann McGauran
