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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils' problems are due to culture, not cash

By Heather Jameson | 21 June 2022

Heather Jameson says Max Caller is clear that the failures he has seen in local government are no...

COUNCIL TAX

Ministers must stop flip-flopping over commercial deals

By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2022

Heather Jameson says ministers should 'stop the policy flip-flop over commercialisation – choose ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Future Forum: Need to reduce rising child care numbers

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2022

The local government sector needs to bring down the increasing numbers of children in care, the i...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Count on culture not cash

By Heather Jameson | 04 May 2022

With inflation outstripping planned wage increases, it will be the culture, working for an innova...

THIRD SECTOR

The voluntary sector is not a surrogate for the state

By John Tizard | 04 May 2022

Councils can and must show leadership to tackle the deep challenges of the years ahead – but a he...

CLIMATE CHANGE

How can councils address the rising cost of energy?

By Don McLean | 03 May 2022

Don McLean asks if building energy efficiency is the key to mitigating energy crisis impacts on l...

HIGHWAYS

England's poorest areas hardest hit by austerity

By William Eichler | 03 May 2022

Residents living in England’s most deprived areas were hit hardest by the largest local authority...

COUNCIL TAX

Councils need radical thinking at a time of crisis

By Professor Richard Murphy | 12 April 2022

Professor Richard Murphy says councils need to cooperate to tackle the multiple crises faced by c...

HEALTH

A crucial union of business and place

By Sir Nigel Wilson | 12 April 2022

Sir Nigel Wilson says the four-year partnership between Legal & General and the UCL Institute of ...

POVERTY

The cost of living crisis needs a strong locally-led response

By Jessica Studdert | 12 April 2022

We need to use more collective imagination to build a more adaptive and empowered local state th...