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WHITEHALL

Future Forum: Councils, not Whitehall, are leaders of place

By Martin Ford | 30 September 2021

Civil service ‘heads of place’ should not supplant councillors, Local Government Association (LGA...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Future Forum: Government decarbonisation 'barriers' to fall

By Martin Ford | 30 September 2021

Next month’s COP26 climate change conference could be a watershed moment for the energy sector, a...

DIGITAL

Future Forum: Call to replace transactional with relational

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2021

A forthcoming report by the Demos think-tank advocates moving from ‘transactional’ to ‘relational...

SOCIAL CARE

Future Forum: Warning over integration 'diversion'

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2021

Reforms aimed at further integrating health and care should not distract from delivering services...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

One in three chiefs concerned over workforce

By Martin Ford | 28 September 2021

Council chief executives have called for government action to resolve a recruitment crisis.

WHITEHALL

Experts join social care commission

By Martin Ford | 28 September 2021

A panel of experts have been drafted in to help a government commission looking at the impact of ...

BUSINESS RATES

Mayors key to rebuilding red wall

By Martin Ford | 28 September 2021

Labour will look to local government to spearhead its attempts to return to power at Westminster.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Leeds warns it may miss net-zero target

By Martin Ford | 27 September 2021

Councillors have been told further funds and powers will be needed to achieve Leeds City Council’...

WHITEHALL

Government 'serious about levelling up'

By Martin Ford | 27 September 2021

New ministerial arrivals at the renamed Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLU...

FINANCE

Warrington rebuffs call to end energy investment

By Martin Ford | 24 September 2021

Opposition members at Warrington Council have urged the authority to end its investment in a gree...

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