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FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum Midlands: 'Private sector can bring capacity and skills'

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2024

WORKFORCE

Future Forum Midlands: Employment Rights Bill a 'ticking time bomb'

By Martin Ford | 12 September 2024

Councils must begin preparing now for the Government’s planned legislation on workers’ rights, Th...

DEVOLUTION

Future Forum Midlands: We don't have devolution, says Rogers

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2024

The interim chief executive of East Midlands Combined Authority has expressed hopes that all area...

HEALTH

Crises to continue as we lurch towards a General Election

By Heather Jameson | 26 March 2024

The MJ's 24-hour Future Forum summit cantered through a collection of catastrophes, says Heather...

DIGITAL

Future Forum: 'Future is bright' with AI

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The sector has been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and reject ‘scaremongering’ at ...

LEGAL

Future Forum: Call for councils to be 'brave' in contract negotiations

By Paul Marinko | 21 March 2024

Councils need to be ‘braver’ and ‘bolder’ in their conversations with private service providers, ...

FINANCE

Future Forum: Resource warning over assurance demands

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) warned the Government that ‘assurance takes resource’ at T...

HEALTH

Future Forum: Care integration in 'retreat'

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The co-operation between local government and the NHS hoped for with the advent of Integrated Car...

PLANNING

Future Forum: Call for 'wholesale' return to council housing

By Paul Marinko | 21 March 2024

The only thing that will solve Britain’s housing crisis will be a ‘wholesale return to council ho...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Future Forum: Councils hit by absence of employee value propositions

21 March 2024

The ability of councils to attract, keep and develop future talent is being hit by the absence of...