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LGA CONFERENCE

The state of our nation

By Cllr Marianne Overton | 23 October 2024

A record number of delegates are gathering this week in Harrogate for the Local Government Associ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Warm words but little in the way of answers

By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024

Following the previous government’s focus on levelling up, the new regime is still showing its lo...

POLICY AND POLITICS

A mission-led government: The key to tackling regional inequality

By Rob Turner | 17 October 2024

Grant Thornton believes its Missions Index can serve as a tool to foster a common understanding o...

POLITICS

Labour intervenes at Tameside

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2024

The leader of Tameside MBC has resigned after Labour took steps to directly intervene over ‘unacc...

FINANCE

The big calculation conundrum

By David Phillips | 10 October 2024

With the Budget in sight, David Phillips says that even if chancellor Rachel Reeves manages to av...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Resisting a NCS power grab

By Aidan Rave | 09 October 2024

In the light of council leaders’ decision to withdraw their support for the Scottish Government’s...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Local leadership is the solution

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 04 October 2024

Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says local government stand ready to rebuild public services, deliverin...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Connecting across missions is easier in places

By Claire Spencer | 04 October 2024

It’s so much easier make the Government's missions link together when you are grounded in places ...

DEVOLUTION

The devo debate

By Martin Ford | 02 October 2024

With the deadline for councils to submit ‘expressions of interest’ having passed – but with so ma...

POLITICS

Warm words but little in the way of answers

By Heather Jameson | 26 September 2024

The Starmer Government has clearly framed the issues but so far has very little in the way of ans...

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Newham London Borough Council

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Essex County Council

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Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council