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LEISURE

Wigan insources leisure services

By Martin Ford | 13 January 2021

The council is to bring its leisure centres in-house in a bid to safeguard jobs following the imp...

WHITEHALL

Bids to open for £100m leisure fund

By Dan Peters | 15 December 2020

Sport England has finally launched the £100m biddable fund to support English councils with outso...

LEISURE

Leisure services: exist or thrive?

By Ian Fytche | 08 December 2020

The pandemic has placed leisure services under immense stress, writes Ian Fytche. Short-term fina...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Libraries are vital to tackling loneliness

By Rob Whiteman | 08 December 2020

The UK's libraries are a key element in tackling loneliness and isolation, says Rob Whiteman. Yet...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Canal project offers immense scope to regenerate

By Kathy O’Leary | 07 December 2020

It is uplifting to reflect that a canal which shaped the district in the past will do so again in...

FINANCE

Spending on libraries drops by £20m in past year

By Laura Sharman | 04 December 2020

The total spend on British libraries has fallen by nearly £20m in the past financial year, new fi...

WASTE

The sector needs to reflect the trust placed in us by the public

By Paul O'Brien | 03 December 2020

The message from the public is loud and clear, says Paul O’Brien. ‘They like, value and trust loc...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Survey shows public trusts councils more than Government on COVID

By Ann McGauran | 30 November 2020

The findings of a new opinion poll show the public trusts councils more than Government on the re...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The value of districts working at the local level

By Neil Shaw | 23 November 2020

Chief executive at Rossendale BC Neil Shaw outlines how the council has addressed the need to sup...

WHITEHALL

Leisure centre collapse warning

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2020

Under-pressure leisure centres will go under without further rescue funding on top of the £100m a...

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