Covid - Page 229

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2020

The Government has used emergency powers to relax requirements for councils supporting children w...

NEW LOCAL

Staying afloat while rocking the boat

By Katy Oglethorpe | 25 March 2020

Katy Oglethorpe says the context may have ‘shifted unimaginably’ in the fortnight since hundreds ...

WHITEHALL

Now is not the time for Westminster to tighten its centralising grip

By Sarah Longlands | 25 March 2020

Reducing the spread of the virus requires Westminster to loosen the reins of power and to trust d...

COMMUNITIES

We won't let our citizens down

By Lawrence Conway | 25 March 2020

Lawrence Conway says South Lakeland DC is 'asking our teams to be flexible about how they work an...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Pulling together to help those in need

By Dan Peters | 25 March 2020

Jacqui Gedman tells Dan Peters that Kirkless MBC is up to the challenge of COVID-19, but it is ‘...

ENVIRONMENT

The benefits of digital aid

By Charles Skinner | 25 March 2020

Charles Skinner argues any proven off-the-shelf system that can join up many players during incid...

SOCIAL CARE

Now councils really are stripped to the core in a crisis

By Heather Jameson | 25 March 2020

Local authorities are rising to the challenge with a range of short-term fixes that will carry th...

RECRUITMENT

Recruiting in the coronavirus crisis

By Julie Towers | 25 March 2020

How do you adapt to attract talent during the coronavirus crisis? Penna’s Julie Towers shares her...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A powerful light at the end of the tunnel

By Donna Hall | 25 March 2020

These are the most challenging times most of us have lived through, says Donna Hall – and ‘we can...

SOCIAL CARE

Corbynism triumphs just as he leaves the political stage

By Michael Burton | 25 March 2020

The country has 'gone Corbynite', says Michael Burton, and the public has rediscovered its love o...

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