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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...

The Covid Inquiry needs a local voice

By Henry Bermingham | 29 July 2024

Henry Bermingham calls for the Covid Inquiry to consider giving a greater voice to local governme...

COVID

Learning the lessons from Covid

By Davide Vampa | 22 July 2024

The first report of the UK Covid inquiry signals that the sidelining of local government alongsid...

COVID

Worry less about black swans, focus on grey rhinos

By Barry Quirk CBE | 19 July 2024

The studied critique of the Covid-19 Inquiry should encourage policymakers to pay more attention ...

HEALTH

Working to create healthier communities

By GLL’s Joseph Rham | 19 June 2024

Against a backdrop of worsening health inequalities and mental health problems, it is heartening ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Mission: Possible

By Andrew Greenway | 05 June 2024

Work is underway to develop a practical solution, in collaboration with local authorities, for de...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Councils given 100,000 asylum housing target

By EXCLUSIVE by Mark Conrad | 21 May 2024

Councils have been told to identify an extra 100,000 bedspaces for asylum seekers this year amid ...

ENVIRONMENT

Restoring resilience

15 May 2024

Councils need to own the leadership of the response to extreme weather events and should argue th...

Director People and Organisational Change

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