Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation
REORGANISATION

Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025

Local government reorganisation could lead to a sector brain drain, senior figures have warned.

WORKFORCE

Is there a gorilla in our midst?

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2025

Jonathan Werran argues that existing local government staffing and resourcing could struggle to d...

UNIONS

Time to reverse course?

By Paul Bell | 17 January 2025

Unison’s Paul Bell looks at the impact of LATCs and evaluates the long-term risk to council workf...

SOCIAL CARE

International recruitment boosts social care workforce

By William Eichler | 10 October 2024

The adult social care workforce has grown thanks to carers from abroad, but the sector still face...

HR

Top Talent: Housing

By Penny Ransley | 30 September 2024

The recent publication of the ‘Securing the Future of England’s Council Housing’ report has inspi...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The gender gap – an 'unmerited reality'

By Rose Durban | 19 September 2024

Rose Durban says the gender gap is a reality and we owe it to children that their learning, oppor...

HR

The right to flexible working and how to make it work

By Kerren Daly | 16 September 2024

After new flexible working guidelines came into force, Kerren Daly explains how this applies to p...

HR

Ditching the generational divide for a future-proof local government

By Michelle O'Neill | 11 September 2024

Are we ready to slay the generational divide and create a truly future-proof local government, as...

HR

Modernising council offices to meet employees' needs

By Jonathan Stephenson | 10 September 2024

Council offices can play a pivotal role in enhancing workforce recruitment and retention, says Jo...

UNIONS

Strikes loom for councils

By Martin Ford | 20 August 2024

Several local authorities are set for industrial action later this month in an escalation of disp...

RECRUITMENT

Re-evaluating 'normal'

By Steve Guest | 06 August 2024

Hybrid working was accepted by many as being the ‘new normal’ post-lockdown, but recently there h...

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