Communities

By Martin Swales | 26 March 2020

The national COVID-19 emergency is seeing the very best of our councils and our workforces and we...

SOLACE

The work of local government has become 'even more urgent'

By Ann McGauran | 26 March 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting ‘the very best of councils and our workforces’, accordin...

THIRD SECTOR

5 recommendations for managing a different type of crisis

By Jon Ainger | 25 March 2020

Jon Ainger offers five recommendations for public sector leaders who are able to take a moment to...

NEW LOCAL

Staying afloat while rocking the boat

By Katy Oglethorpe | 25 March 2020

Katy Oglethorpe says the context may have ‘shifted unimaginably’ in the fortnight since hundreds ...

WHITEHALL

Now is not the time for Westminster to tighten its centralising grip

By Sarah Longlands | 25 March 2020

Reducing the spread of the virus requires Westminster to loosen the reins of power and to trust d...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

How critical is the census?

By Chris Mahony | 25 March 2020

With the next census due to take place next year, just how crucial is it to local authorities’ ab...

We won't let our citizens down

By Lawrence Conway | 25 March 2020

Lawrence Conway says South Lakeland DC is 'asking our teams to be flexible about how they work an...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Pulling together to help those in need

By Dan Peters | 25 March 2020

Jacqui Gedman tells Dan Peters that Kirkless MBC is up to the challenge of COVID-19, but it is ‘...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A powerful light at the end of the tunnel

By Donna Hall | 25 March 2020

These are the most challenging times most of us have lived through, says Donna Hall – and ‘we can...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus hubs must be ready to step in if system fails - Jenrick

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2020

The network of hubs being created to support people at very high risk amid the coronavirus crisis...

Head of Inclusion

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£99,174

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