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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Inflation's a concern for councils and residents

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 February 2022

Councils and residents are facing severe price rises that will hit the more deprived hardest, say...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Government could scrap mandatory vaccines for care staff

By Laura Sharman | 01 February 2022

The Government is considering scrapping compulsory COVID vaccines for health and care workers in ...

HEALTH

White van man on... bird flu

26 January 2022

Batten down the hatches. Just as Plan B has been kicked into touch and we can all head off to the...

HEALTH

Local government: too big and too small?

By Professor Colin Talbot | 26 January 2022

Local government could be strengthened and made more democratically responsive by making it small...

LEGISLATION

Are councils boarding the ICS bus?

By Ann McGauran | 26 January 2022

Integrated care systems are the cornerstone of the Government’s health and care reforms, but are ...

POVERTY

Cost of living crisis needs fixing – fast

By Heather Jameson | 26 January 2022

Local government will have to brace itself for the rising tide of need, going back to offering su...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Social care needs more cash whether tax hike happens or not, says SIGOMA

By Ann McGauran | 25 January 2022

Adult social care will need extra funding whether the Government’s planned tax hike goes ahead or...

HEALTH

The stakes are high for the levelling up White Paper

By Erica Roscoe | 17 January 2022

The Levelling Up White Paper must seek to broaden and deepen devolution, and provide a framework ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Protecting parks for all

By Helen Griffiths | 13 January 2022

A host of council agendas, including climate change mitigation, depend on future-proofing local g...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

EXCLUSIVE: Councils should consider pressures index similar to NHS

11 January 2022

Local government should look at introducing a pressures index similar to the NHS to measure the r...