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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Make it local

By Cllr Shaun Davies | 17 July 2023

As political parties draft their manifestos, we have a compelling story and evidence of how publi...

HEALTH

The fight against unfair cuts must continue

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 July 2023

The upcoming election offers a fantastic opportunity to get debates around local government fundi...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

A winning campaign

By Shokat Lal | 10 July 2023

Shokat Lal gives an insight into how Sandwell MBC put together a successful polling day in light ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Call to back elections teams

By Martin Ford | 05 July 2023

Elections teams will require more backing from their councils to run future polls.

WHITEHALL

Make it local

By Mark Lloyd | 04 July 2023

Looking ahead to a General Election, Mark Lloyd says the Local Government Association, as the nat...

LEGISLATION

Man on a mission

By Heather Jameson | 04 July 2023

The Local Government Association’s new chair Cllr Shaun Davies says the old ways of doing things ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Optimistic nihilism

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023

It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...

FINANCE

Power through partnership

By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023

More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...

ELECTIONS

Warning sounded over General Election

By Martin Ford | 03 July 2023

Elections experts were united in warning of a struggle to run future polls as they faced question...

WHITEHALL

Enough chaos and confusion, now we need solutions

By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2023

No one got everything right during the pandemic, but the early days showed a failure of central G...