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Oflog chair steps down

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2024

Lord Morse has announced he is stepping down as interim chair of the Office for Local Government ...

Growth key to devolution ambitions

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2024

Nathan Yeowell told The MJ’s Future Forum that aligning devolution with the aims of fostering eco...

Councils 'struggling' to tackle cohesion threats

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2024

Councils are struggling to tackle threats to social cohesion due to a lack of support from centra...

Scottish councils in tax U-turn

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2024

Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde councils had both voted to raise tax in defiance of the Scottish G...

Care satisfaction hits all-time low

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2024

Public satisfaction with social care services has slumped to the lowest level ever recorded, acco...

Local government loses 'strongest advocate' Rowsell

By Martin Ford | 22 March 2024

Tributes have been paid across the local government sector following the sudden death of Paul Row...

Future Forum: 'Future is bright' with AI

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The sector has been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and reject ‘scaremongering’ at ...

Future Forum: Resource warning over assurance demands

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) warned the Government that ‘assurance takes resource’ at T...

Future Forum: Care integration in 'retreat'

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The co-operation between local government and the NHS hoped for with the advent of Integrated Car...

Future Forum: 'Hope' for council tax overhaul

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2024

Labour could be presented with an opportunity to reform council tax if election polls are borne o...