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FAIR FUNDING
Fair funding must reflect real need – not just population growth
By Cllr Tracey Dixon | 21 August 2025
Any fair funding formula must reflect not just how many people live in an area, but the depth and breadth of their needs, says the leader of South Tyneside Council Tracey Dixon.
COUNCIL TAX
Labour must bite the bullet on a property tax
By Ben Page | 22 July 2025
Ben Page says that for years, politicians have shied away from the challenge of council tax refor...
DEVOLUTION
The new health duty on strategic authorities: getting it right
By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 27 June 2025
If designed and implemented effectively, the new health duty on strategic authorities could play ...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Making a 'neighbourhood health service' a reality
By Alison Griffin | 22 June 2025
Health and care partners in the capital are coming together to make visions of a ‘neighbourhood h...
IMPROVEMENT
Peer review highlights 'inappropriate behaviour'
By Joe Lepper | 17 June 2025
More than 250 employees of Westminster City Council reported bullying or harassment at work in th...
CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Retrofitting in a personal way
By Leonie Taylor | 02 June 2025
Tania Carregha and Leonie Taylor explain why local government is uniquely placed to support the g...
FINANCE
Investment is required in every part of the country
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 May 2025
Positive steps on local government finance need to be backed up by investment and cost-of-living ...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Cranford: A Hounslow case study in tackling inequalities
By Mandy Skinner | 12 May 2025
Mandy Skinner looks at how Hounslow LBC has begun work to systematically tackle inequity in areas...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Health inequalities are not inevitable
By Kelly O'Neill | 11 April 2025
Kelly O’Neill looks at how Hounslow LBC used the NHS England CORE20PLUS5 framework to identify re...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Call for action on economic inequalities
By Martin Ford | 07 April 2025
The Government has been urged to back mayors and shift spending priorities to tackle regional ine...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Bridging the gap
By Louise Gittins | 01 April 2025
Cllr Louise Gittins says that with the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poo...
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