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HEALTH

Future Forum: ICSs yet to reach full potential

By Martin Ford | 17 March 2023

Integrated Care Systems (ICS) are not yet reaching their full potential, The MJ's Future Forum ha...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Future Forum: Chief recruitment challenges increase

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Difficulties in recruitment for top council roles have continued to mount in recent months, The M...

BUSINESS

Future Forum: Social value can survive austerity

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Securing social value in contracts is made more difficult in times of austerity but is still achi...

FINANCE

Future Forum: LGA hopeful over finance reform

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Hopes for a large-scale reform of council funding have been raised by the Budget, according to a ...

FINANCE

Call for 'full reset' of children's care

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2023

The Government’s approach to children’s social care will not solve the issues within the system, ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Budget 2023: LEPs to be scrapped

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2023

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are to be effectively abolished within a year, chancellor Je...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Public health grant 'insufficient'

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2023

Councils ‘finally have clarity’ on next year’s public health grant but warned it will be ‘insuffi...

DEVOLUTION

Lords complain of 'air of mystique' around Levelling Up Bill

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2023

Peers have rounded on a lack of detail in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Exeter announces new chief exective

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2023

Bindu Arjoon has been appointed as the new chief executive of Exeter City Council.

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

No extra social care funding for struggling councils

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2023

A minister said councils would receive further support if they were found to be in need of improv...

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