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TRANSFORMATION
Time to stop what isn't working
By Professor Donna Hall | 24 November 2020
Before setting their budgets, councils must rethink themselves and the purpose they serve within ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Helping councils defuse the early years ticking time bomb
By Tom Symons | 16 November 2020
Nesta has launched a new programme of Early Years Innovation Partnership, and is seeking councils...
HEALTH
Report proposes sweeping tax increases
By Michael Burton | 11 November 2020
A new health and social care tax raising £17bn should be the centrepiece of sweeping tax increase...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Sector faces 'second lost decade'
By Dan Peters | 10 November 2020
The local government sector has been warned it faces a ‘second lost decade’ as a new index reveal...
PAY
The Government's actions 'don't match the words'
By Christina McAnea | 26 October 2020
Rather than recognising the role of council workers during COVID-19, the Government has prioritis...
WHITEHALL
Tax increases more likely than austerity, says Flanders
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
A top economist has predicted that tax increases are more likely than another bout of austerity.
WHITEHALL
Labour would adopt 'local by default' approach
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
A Labour government would strike a ‘new settlement between citizens and the state’ and adopt a ‘l...
DEVOLUTION
Whatever happened to devolution?
By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 07 October 2020
Devolution is an ‘unfinished’, disconnected project that benefits some areas but excludes others,...
FINANCE
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best
By Gary Fielding | 23 September 2020
In the current climate all that local government can do is prepare a range of scenarios and react...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
No solution in sight for social care crisis
By Heather Jameson | 23 September 2020
Sir Keir’s criticism is spot-on, says Heather Jameson. Social care during the pandemic has been a...
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