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POLICY
Ministers 'should expand devolution agenda'
By Joe Lepper | 19 May 2025
Ministers should expand their devolution agenda to give more powers to local government over rail...
GOVERNANCE
A bite-sized approach to FOI
By Deborah Clark | 07 May 2025
Deborah Clark outlines the latest tools aimed at cutting the inappropriate use of exemptions in F...
DEVOLUTION
English Devolution: Where is it at?
By Paul McDermott | 15 April 2025
Amardeep Gill and Paul McDermott look at what lies ahead for the six Devolution Priority Programm...
PLANNING
Planning a clearer path
By Duncan Flynn | 18 March 2025
Duncan Flynn looks at what the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will do for economic growth, and ...
DEVOLUTION
Edinburgh softens devo call under new leadership
By Joe Lepper | 12 March 2025
Edinburgh City Council has watered down its calls for more devolved powers under its new leadersh...
SOCIAL CARE
Prevention services 'at risk'
By Lee Peart | 11 March 2025
Prevention services are ‘at risk’ because of rising social care spending, a local government lead...
PLANNING
Planning legislation to be introduced to Parliament
By Joe Lepper | 10 March 2025
Government legislation aimed at speeding up council planning decisions to boost housebuilding wil...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
CSA 'less likely to be identified in child protection plans than ever before'
By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025
The number of children on formal protection plans in England because of sexual abuse has fallen t...
PROCUREMENT
Embracing the opportunities to improve social value delivery
By Mark Cook | 28 February 2025
There is new guidance to enable social value delivery, but could the new National Procurement Pol...
REGULATION
Grenfell could finally give public inquiries real teeth
By Martin English | 21 February 2025
Martin English reflects on the final Grenfell report, questioning if public inquiries can bring p...
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