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SOCIAL CARE

Putting communities in control

By Jessica Studdert | 05 October 2023

How could a serious government address tough challenges head on? A report from New Local and co-a...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Inquiries ad infinitum

04 October 2023

Labour’s Lord Carter of Coles has been a life peer for almost 20 years so knows how politics works.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Two answers to levelling up – but what's the question?

By Heather Jameson | 04 October 2023

Heather Jameson says set aside the anti-city, anti-local government rhetoric - Rishi Sunak's plan...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Growth battlelines

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2023

Rishi Sunak has launched a towns plan, while a new report says bringing UK cities up to the produ...

HEALTH

Addressing the mess

By Matthew Taylor | 03 October 2023

Key aspects of our systems of governance are broken, says Matthew Taylor, and radical reform is n...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A working ecosystem needs a local base

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 03 October 2023

Local authorities are the natural fulcrum for a dynamic, flexible and responsive skills ecosystem...

HEALTH

Party conferences are a golden opportunity for districts

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 03 October 2023

In party conference season the hope is that collectively councillors can influence their party’s ...

PLANNING

Gove attacks four-day week 'nonsense' in conference speech

By Martin Ford | 03 October 2023

Local government secretary Michael Gove delivered a speech to the Conservative Party Conference l...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Newcastle chief admits corporate plan delay

By Mark Conrad | 03 October 2023

Newcastle City Council’s chief executive has told local spending watchdogs the authority’s overdu...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chief recruitment halted

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2023

The leaders of Bromsgrove DC and Redditch BC have decided to halt the recruitment process for a n...