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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government has no time to waste wondering what councils are for

By Heather Jameson | 26 May 2021

Whether cock-up or conspiracy, the apparent failure of the Government to let a number of councils...

FINANCE

Calculating the councils costs of COVID

By Dan Bates | 26 May 2021

As councils start to think about their annual statement of accounts, Dan Bates suggests they will...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Forwards, not backwards

By Neil Lupin | 26 May 2021

The world of work has changed irreversibly since COVID, says Neil Lupin, and from leadership leve...

WHITEHALL

COVID-19 travel advice a 'recipe for confusion'

By Martin Ford | 25 May 2021

Councils say they were left in the dark over Government advice warning against travelling to area...

LEISURE

Central Government must 'sign off a National Leisure Recovery Fund #2'

By Mark Sesnan | 24 May 2021

There appears to be a clear disconnect between central Government’s public commitments to tacklin...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Bassetlaw Council holds a COVID safe AGM

By Cllr Simon Greaves | 24 May 2021

Bassetlaw DC not only met safely in public for its AGM, it also elected the UK’s youngest chair o...

WHITEHALL

Jenrick piles pressure on over parkrun

By Dan Peters | 24 May 2021

Council leaders have insisted they are working hard to process requests to hold outdoor events af...

HEALTH

Councils to pilot new self-isolation support scheme

By Laura Sharman | 24 May 2021

Nine local authorities have been chosen to pilot new ways of supporting people needing to self-is...

WHITEHALL

Computer glitch held back local contact tracing

By Martin Ford | 21 May 2021

Software error in the national system has delayed councils in tracing hundreds of potential COVID...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Report finds cities hit by 'Zoomshock' are best placed to economic recovery

By Heather Jameson | 21 May 2021

Cities have been hollowed out by COVID but they are still best placed to drive the recovery, a re...

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Chief Executive

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Aberdeen City Council

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