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WHITEHALL

Unions in Brexit funding plea

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2018

Councils should not bear the financial burden of registering 120,000 children who qualify for UK ...

FINANCE

More for less? Residents will be getting less for more

By Heather Jameson | 10 September 2018

There are no more easy pickings when it comes to cuts and now the cracks in austerity plans are t...

HEALTH

A billion ways to help

By Andy Begley | 04 September 2018

Shropshire Council is leading the way in the West Midlands in helping solve the health and social...

HEALTH

Rise of the robots

By David Rees | 04 September 2018

Recent years have seen an increase in the use of robotics in public services. David Rees outlines...

HEALTH

Balancing demand is both a science and an art

By Donna Hall | 04 September 2018

Management of demand rejects the idea of cuts to achieve short-term aims, says Donna Hall.

HEALTH

Care worth talking about

By Martin Farran | 04 September 2018

An initiative creating new community hubs in York has been an early success, easing the pressure ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Social care must remain a local service

By David Williams | 04 September 2018

David Williams says local government must be at the heart of the social care green paper.

HEALTH

Council and health board to foot bill for partnership overspend

By Martin Ford | 24 August 2018

Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian have shared the burden of a £3.4m overspend on health and ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Ending free movement would have 'devastating consequences'

By Dan Peters | 22 August 2018

Ending freedom of movement after Brexit would have devastating consequences for elderly and disab...

FINANCE

Policy planning for an ageing population

By Michael Burton | 21 August 2018

Local authorities by the seaside and in rural areas will be harder hit by a growing elderly popul...