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HEALTH

Who are parks for? Facing up to inequality in access to urban nature

By Fay Holland | 17 May 2021

A report from Groundwork highlights the barriers some face in accessing parks and natural spaces....

HEALTH

Making 'build, build, build' a reality

17 May 2021

Having listened to the Queen’s Speech, Cllr Darren Rodwell worries the Government is ‘overly fixa...

HEALTH

Lack of social care plans could 'destabilise' reforms

By William Eichler | 14 May 2021

Local authority leaders have warned that the absence of a long-term, fully funded plan for social...

HEALTH

More than 100 leisure centres could go bust, DCN warns

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

More than 100 leisure centres in England could go bust due to the coronavirus crisis, district co...

HEALTH

Javid: Devolution crucial in levelling up

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

Former local government secretary Sajid Javid has stressed the importance of devolution in the dr...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We must give better support to COVID's young carers

By Charlotte Ramsden | 12 May 2021

The pandemic has led to more children and young people taking on new caring roles, and they need ...

HEALTH

We need to avoid a fractured, inefficient and uneven model of recovery

By Lawrence Conway | 12 May 2021

Any improvement to local facilities, whether economic, leisure, hardship or climate-related, shou...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local elections 2021: The process demands too much of teams

By Ian Miller | 10 May 2021

Ian Miller ponders the impact of Super Thursday on the mental health of electoral teams, and says...

HEALTH

Call for tax hike to fund social care

By Martin Ford | 07 May 2021

A commission led by The Lancet and London School of Economics has argued for a 1p increase to inc...

HEALTH

Creating a shared city for all

By Liz Gaulton | 05 May 2021

Coventry is UK City of Culture 2021 and a Marmot City. Martin Reeves and Liz Gaulton explain how ...