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FINANCE

Government to set out SEND deficit plans

By Martin Ford | 03 April 2025

The Government is to set out how it will tackle the £6bn special educational needs and disabiliti...

DATA

A bird's eye view of rough sleeping

By Becky Rice | 03 April 2025

A new tool brings together data to provide a more sophisticated analysis of both London’s rough s...

COMMUNITIES

Laser in on the local

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 21 March 2025

Professor Graeme Atherton says the Plan for Neighbourhoods represents a clear break from the rece...

DATA

Striving for a step change on local statistics

By David Blackman | 19 March 2025

The Mayoral Data Council will provide a ‘unified voice’ in liaising with government departments. ...

FINANCE

Stabilising the foundations

By Rachael Shimmin | 19 March 2025

Structural change is needed, but so too is a funding review that addresses the systemic underfund...

PLANNING

Learning the lessons of past reform

By Mike Palin | 19 March 2025

As the Government vows to slash quangos, Mike Palin looks back at previous attempts to cut red ta...

DIGITAL

Unlocking the power of data-sharing in local government

By Kathryn Lewis | 07 March 2025

Tim Pope and Kathryn Lewis look at how councils and Whitehall can look again at data-sharing to r...

FINANCE

Woking recovery hindered by capacity issues

By Martin Ford | 07 March 2025

Capacity issues are hindering the financial recovery of Woking BC, commissioners have warned.

FINANCE

Telling all in testing times

By Stephen Evans | 04 March 2025

Stephen Evans sets out how Windsor & Maidenhead BC drew on support to deal with its structural de...

FINANCE

Whole government response required to secure councils' finances

By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2025

Making councils financially sustainable requires a whole government response led by the Ministry ...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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