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Opportunity knocks with latest 'last chance'
PREVENTION

Opportunity knocks with latest 'last chance'

By Aidan Rave | 18 July 2025

Local government must be at the heart of the 10-year Health Plan if it is to work and there is much potential for genuine co-design and integration, argues Aidan Rave.

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care prevention spending drops by 10%

By Izzy Lepone | 15 July 2025

Overstretched budgets mean that care leaders have been forced to reduce spending on prevention by...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Government letting down families on social care, says Dilnot

By Lee Peart | 14 July 2025

Governments of all colours have underfunded means-tested social care provision by local governmen...

WELFARE

Healthy goals bring opportunity

By Matthew Taylor | 09 July 2025

Matthew Taylor says there are many ways the 10-year plan for health could go wrong but only a sma...

SOCIAL CARE

Where is the 10-year plan for local government?

By Heather Jameson | 09 July 2025

Heather Jameson says it would be 'hard to argue with a vision for a people-centred, community-bas...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Prioritising stroke is an evidence-based choice for councils

By Juliet Bouverie | 08 July 2025

Piling pressure on a crumbling system won’t support stroke survivors, says Juliet Bouverie.

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

The power of the dream

By Jon Rouse | 27 June 2025

Jon Rouse says that rather than being a bureaucratic exercise, reorganisation is about complete r...

SPENDING REVIEW

Spending Review: A time for imagination and integration

By Katie Johnston | 12 June 2025

Reflecting on the Spending Review, Katie Johnson says a change of mindset is needed towards a mor...

SOCIAL CARE

Streeting urges NHS to 'work better with local government'

By Michael Burton | 12 June 2025

Health and care secretary Wes Streeting has promised mayors and council leaders ‘a seat at the ta...

SPENDING REVIEW

Spending Review: Reeves back fair pay agreement

By William Eichler | 11 June 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed a fair pay agreement for social care workers in the Spending ...

TRANSFORMATION

CCN chair in health rejig warning

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025

Health services could deteriorate under proposed changes to Integrated Care Boards, a senior loca...

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Director of Law & Governance

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Effective decision-making in local government leads to better outcomes for communities. Apply for this job

South Kesteven District Council

Director of Streetscene

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We continue to have big ambitions for our borough Apply for this job

Fareham Borough Council

Lead Compliance Officer - WMF2147e

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Cumbria is a great place to live and work with excellent schools, transport links and outdoor pursuits. Apply for this job

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