Barnet lobbies for fair funding review to reflect care costs
FINANCE

Barnet lobbies for fair funding review to reflect care costs

By Dan Peters | 28 May 2025

Barnet LBC is lobbying for adult social care costs to be adequately reflected in the Government’s upcoming fair funding review.

FINANCE

Investment is required in every part of the country

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 May 2025

Positive steps on local government finance need to be backed up by investment and cost-of-living ...

LEADERSHIP

A life-changing move for the best

By Michael Burton | 04 March 2025

As retiring Essex CC chief executive Gavin Jones contemplates spending more time with his family ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Why councils are crucial to a national care service

By Gavin Edwards | 28 February 2025

Gavin Edwards outlines the elements that should form the basis of any national care system, inclu...

PLACE-MAKING

Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy

By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025

Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...

CORE CITIES

We will remain committed to international co-operation

By By Cllr Huw Thomas | 03 December 2024

Despite austerity and Brexit, the Core Cities have continued with their international outreach ov...

FINANCE

Renewing and reforming local governance

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2024

The case for reforming and renewing local financial governance must be made with long-term resili...

LOCAL ECONOMIES

Back to a better place?

By Adam Fineberg | 02 October 2024

Adam Fineberg looks back at 2000-09 and argues that a future focus on growth could enable Total P...

FINANCE

Mission: possible

By Jon Rowney | 12 September 2024

Jon Rowney says the next Comprehensive Spending Review will be one of the few opportunities that ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Build on the political will

By Andy Smith | 30 July 2024

ADCS president Andy Smith promises no simple solutions, but is positive about the prospects of im...

LABOUR PARTY

How philanthropy fills the gaps

By Dan Corry | 01 July 2024

Dan Corry says place-based philanthropy can greatly help in delivering spatial equality – and a L...

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Assistant Director, Property and Facilities Services

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