Covid

By Michael Burton | 05 November 2020

Children’s minister Vicky Ford has promised that the long-awaited review into the care system is ...

FINANCE

Manchester considers £50m of cuts

By Martin Ford | 04 November 2020

A programme of cost-cutting measures has been put forward by officers in an effort to tackle a lo...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Short-termism can be expensive

By Iain MacBeath | 04 November 2020

COVID-19 has laid bare the numerous challenges faced by adult social care. Iain MacBeath, NCASC 2...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Championing mental health

By Sarah Hughes | 04 November 2020

The National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) 2020 is taking place virtually this w...

White van man on... lockdowns

04 November 2020

The thing about lockdowns is to try and make ’em as bearable as possible.

COVID

An age old argument

04 November 2020

As local authorities take on tougher coronavirus enforcement powers, they should perhaps be prepa...

HEALTH

Get ready for a reset between Brexit and pandemics

By Heather Jameson | 04 November 2020

Two reports from the IfG this week make for stark reading, just as we begin the second lockdown o...

WHITEHALL

Crisis call for return of Everyone In

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2020

The chief executive of homelessness charity Crisis has called for ring-fenced funding for council...

REORGANISATION

In choppy waters, back districts to deliver

By Cllr John Fuller OBE | 03 November 2020

The debate on local government reform must end now, ‘so that all areas can focus on the crisis in...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Office rules out elections delay

By Heather Jameson | 03 November 2020

The Cabinet Office has ruled out any further delays to local elections despite the complexity of ...

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