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WHITEHALL
New accountability body 'stops short' of Audit Commission reinvention
By Heather Jameson | 08 February 2022
Plans for a body to oversee the accountability of local government stop just short of re-inventin...
FINANCE
Government sign-off required to 'unlock' UKSPF
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2022
Councils will have to draw up investment plans to access the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), the...
PUBLIC HEALTH
What does the new world order look like for local government?
By Trevor Holden | 07 February 2022
Going back to the way the world was before the pandemic and returning to old ways of working woul...
DATA
Public data is the water to quench our thirst for levelling up
By Keren Pakes | 07 February 2022
Local areas can benefit from harnessing and crunching unstructured, anonymised public data from t...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Unlock the potential of social entrepreneurship to truly level up
By Alastair Wilson | 07 February 2022
It’s no surprise the Levelling Up White Paper outlines a keen interest in providing further suppo...
BUSINESS
Partnership is the key to future prosperity for Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
By Alun Rogers | 07 February 2022
The Levelling Up White Paper has recognised the value of LEPs, public-private partnership and the...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
County Deals approach falls far short of treating districts as equal partners
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 07 February 2022
We need much stronger mechanisms to promote the active involvement of district councils in the Co...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
You can't level up from Whitehall
By Sarah Longlands | 07 February 2022
The Levelling up White Paper spent a lot of time talking about ancient history, but will do littl...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Councils rule out mayoral model
By Martin Ford | 04 February 2022
Two areas have already ruled out adopting mayors despite being selected by the Government to be i...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
The white paper wait seems worth it for districts
By Ian Miller | 04 February 2022
The Government should be applauded for recognising – at last – that Whitehall does not know best ...
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