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LGA
Pandemic pandemonium
By Martin Ford | 30 July 2025
Exercises carried out to prepare for another potential pandemic have uncovered a litany of challenges that would hamper the response to a fresh virus outbreak, The MJ can reveal.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
'Lack of understanding' in Government on social care, says LGA chief
By Martin Ford | 28 July 2025
A 'lack of understanding' about social care remains in Government following mistakes made during ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Expecting the unexpected
By Stephen Gaskell | 17 July 2025
Five years on from the easing of Covid restrictions, Stephen Gaskell says the sector proved that ...
WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
WLGA defends councils over Covid funds
By Martin Ford | 10 July 2025
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has defended the role of councils in distributing s...
POLITICS
Councils urged to boost China links
By Joe Lepper | 27 March 2025
Councils should reassess their China-related activities to ensure they can access opportunities t...
HEALTH
Get Britain working with health at its heart
By Matthew Taylor | 04 March 2025
The opportunity to arrest the rise in economic inactivity offered by Get Britain Working plans mu...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
EXCLUSIVE: Half of chiefs have started roles in last three years
By Dan Peters | 29 January 2025
Almost half of council chief executives have taken up their roles in the last three years, resear...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Councils to take part in national pandemic exercise
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025
Local authorities will take part in the UK’s largest-ever pandemic exercise later this year.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
ADCS: Cuts have led to poor safeguarding outcomes for children
By William Eichler | 15 January 2025
The combination of poor-quality housing and the cost-of-living crisis is contributing to ‘family ...
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Floating Dover's community boat
By Dan Peters | 17 December 2024
Rebecca Dyer talks to Dan Peters about how Dover DC is acting as a facilitator, encouraging resid...
NET ZERO
Councils 'hamstrung' on net zero
By Dan Peters | 26 November 2024
Ambitious local authorities striving to make their operations net zero by 2030 are being ‘hamstru...
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