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FINANCE
Councils v Coronavirus: plan beats no plan
By Robert Pollock | 07 September 2020
Coronavirus scenario planning exercises with councils have revealed insights into the types of de...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Leader of 'North Korea' council deposed
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2020
The leader of a scandal-hit council compared to North Korea has been deposed after a vote of no c...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Reform of Public Health England is a future of work question
By Dr Abigail Gilbert | 03 September 2020
Local areas should be ‘empowered and equipped to respond to the more familiar and endogenous driv...
WHITEHALL
Lockdowns should be decided locally, says WHO special envoy
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2020
Decisions on local coronavirus restrictions should be made locally, a top World Health Organisati...
PAY
Now is not the time to downgrade council chiefs
By Heather Jameson | 02 September 2020
York's top team reorganisation could end up being a case of putting cost before value, says Heath...
FINANCE
Blood out of stone
By Tony Kirkham | 02 September 2020
Opportunities to drive out further efficiencies from councils lie in prevention and integration, ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dems raise reorganisation concerns
By Dan Peters | 01 September 2020
Lib Dem council leaders have raised ‘serious concerns’ with local government secretary Robert Jen...
WHITEHALL
Row over lockdown easing
By Martin Ford | 01 September 2020
Political tensions have risen over the lifting of local lockdown restrictions in Greater Manchester.
HEALTH
Government late to involve councils in coronavirus testing, report finds
By Dan Peters | 01 September 2020
Central government was late to consider how councils could help ramp up coronavirus testing in th...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
DCN: Bigger local government is 'not better or cheaper'
By Ann McGauran | 01 September 2020
Proposals for county unitary councils would be 122 times larger than the average council in Germa...
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