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SOCIAL CARE
More councils rely on reserves to balance care budgets
20 June 2023
Adult social care is on a ‘slide into unsustainability,’ with a growing proportion of directors r...
HUMAN RESOURCES
EXCLUSIVE: Chief executive training and development programme to launch
By Paul Marinko | 20 June 2023
A new training and development programme for council chief executives will be launched as the sec...
WHITEHALL
Record number of education, health and care plans made
By Dan Peters | 19 June 2023
A record number of new education, health and care (EHC) plans were made last year, latest figures...
WHITEHALL
LGA demands talks over anti-terror law
By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2023
The Local Government Association (LGA) has demanded fresh talks with senior Home Office figures a...
WHITEHALL
Usable reserves drop 11%
By Dan Peters | 19 June 2023
Usable reserves held by English councils dropped by 11% in 2022-23, according to analysis of 116 ...
FINANCE
Resilience by numbers
By Neville Murton | 19 June 2023
Norwich City Council’s interim Section 151 officer Neville Murton says the council has a history ...
PLANNING
If the reading of opinion is faulty, nothing gets done
By Ben Page | 19 June 2023
Public preference and tolerance is commonly underestimated and misunderstood, and we need more le...
WHITEHALL
Progress on devolution 'too slow' - LGA vice-president
By Dan Peters | 16 June 2023
A Local Government Association vice-president has expressed ‘serious concerns about the Governmen...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
A gentle roast
14 June 2023
Last week’s Smith Square shindig celebrating the life and times of LGA chairman James Jamieson wa...
WHITEHALL
Poor pandemic planning criticised
By Mark Conrad | 13 June 2023
Public health directors have delivered a withering assessment of the Government’s Covid-19 prepar...
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