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FINANCE
Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year
By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016
Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.
HEALTH
Ministers have no choice but to grasp the care nettle
By Michael Burton | 13 December 2016
Michael Burton urges ministers to raise social care cash nationally. After all, the public is up ...
FINANCE
Care fears ahead of finance settlement
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016
Chief executives have warned ministers against using council tax to fund social care, as a survey...
WHITEHALL
Sector hits back at PM
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016
Town hall leaders have hit back at government claims that councils may be partly responsible for ...
FINANCE
Social care precept 'deeply flawed' policy
By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2016
Patching the social care funding gap with short-term fixes will cause the sector to lurch from on...
HEALTH
Failure to fund social care is a 'moral issue and false economy'
By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016
Ministers have been urged to turn back £5.5bn of real terms cuts after fresh NHS figures revealed...
FINANCE
STP could 'intensify' council funding pressures
By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016
Measures to cut hospital admissions in Birmingham and Solihull could shunt costs from the NHS ont...
FINANCE
Social care doesn't have to be a drag
By Andrew Burns | 06 December 2016
Ministers need to see the benefits of investing in social care, not the costs of doing so, Andrew...
HEALTH
STPs could provide 'added impetus'
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 December 2016
Controversial plans to reform healthcare services have the potential to help NHS and council lead...
HEALTH
Still time for social care
By Ray Puddifoot | 29 November 2016
The chancellor has failed to address the acute social care pressures facing councils but the Gove...
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Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
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