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FINANCE
Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding
By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026
Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised remain and have become more complex, says Owen Mapley.
ICBS
A shared will to succeed on health and care
By John O’Brien | 04 December 2025
Differences between health providers and councils over finances are not new, says John O’Brien. B...
ICBS
The cracks that threaten integrated care
By Matthew Taylor | 04 December 2025
Groundbreaking investigation by The MJ and its sister title Healthcare Management reveal a stark ...
NCASC
In search of social care leaders
By Frazer Thouard | 27 November 2025
Jayne McCabe and Frazer Thouard dissect the shifting recruitment landscape for directors of adult...
HEALTH
Championing the fight against poverty
By Matthew Ashton | 23 July 2025
Professor Matthew Ashton says Cheshire and Merseyside’s collaborative approach to addressing pove...
HEALTH
Healthy goals bring opportunity
By Matthew Taylor | 09 July 2025
Matthew Taylor says there are many ways the 10-year plan for health could go wrong but only a sma...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Prioritising stroke is an evidence-based choice for councils
By Juliet Bouverie | 08 July 2025
Piling pressure on a crumbling system won’t support stroke survivors, says Juliet Bouverie.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Creating work, the local way
By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2025
A new research programme shows how devolution can improve employment services by moving decision-...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
The power of the dream
By Jon Rouse | 27 June 2025
Jon Rouse says that rather than being a bureaucratic exercise, reorganisation is about complete r...
DEVOLUTION
Mayors and ICBs face the future
By Mark Sandford | 13 May 2025
The Devolution White Paper’s vision includes a key role for mayors. Mark Sandford asks what they ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
A time for unity, not division
By Matthew Taylor | 07 May 2025
There is still time to press for more collaborative place working across the public sector, write...
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