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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government activates emergency funds for flood-hit councils

By Martin Ford | 12 August 2019

Whitehall has activated an emergency fund for councils affected by flooding.

WHITEHALL

£20m cash boost announced for designated Brexit officers

By Heather Jameson | 05 August 2019

All councils will need to have a lead officer on Brexit as the government steps up its preparatio...

WHITEHALL

Emergency planning has suffered under budget cuts - mandarin

By Martin Ford | 10 July 2019

‘Drastic cuts’ to council budgets have contributed to a lack of resources for emergency planning,...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

London Resilience Forum warns it is still being left in the dark over Brexit

14 February 2019

The London Resilience Forum is still not getting 'any sort of detail or underlying explainations'...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Councils are ready to do their best with Brexit

By Heather Jameson | 06 February 2019

Heather Jameson says that in a breathtakingly brazen attempt to get the blame in early, civil ser...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Brokenshire gets Brexit breakdown from chiefs

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2019

Chief executives have told communities secretary James Brokenshire Whitehall needs to be more joi...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Councils warn Whitehall of Brexit risks

By Dan Peters | 16 January 2019

Councils this week started to formally inform Whitehall about their Brexit risk assessments amid ...

SOLACE

Learning from the emergency life cycle

By Stephen Baker | 10 October 2018

When it comes to emergency response there are ‘no second chances’ says Stephen Baker of SOLACE. T...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Stronger together

By Kim Dero | 04 September 2018

A year on from the Parsons Green train bombing, Kim Dero explains how Hammersmith & Fulham LBC is...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Don't leave cyber security to chance

By William Benson | 01 August 2018

When it comes to cyber security, it is time we prepared for the worst before it’s too late, write...