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ECONOMIC GROWTH
What next for the capital post-pandemic?
By Michael Burton | 20 January 2021
The levelling up agenda has focused on the Midlands and the North, but London’s economy has also ...
FINANCE
Parks need funding and innovation during and after the pandemic
By Cllr Luthfur Rahman | 14 January 2021
Funding and innovation are required if parks are to serve local communities during COVID and beyo...
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...
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