Poverty

By Zoë Billingham | 25 April 2023

There are reasons to expect this next set of local election results will be more unpredictable th...

DIGITAL

Penna view

By Tristan Moakes | 25 April 2023

Employers can attract returners in the 50-64 age group by creating roles with even greater flexib...

White van man on... the cost of living

18 April 2023

I’m no fan of my council with its army of jobsworths hanging around the motor just waiting for me...

SOLACE

Where next for public servants?

By Catherine Needham | 04 April 2023

A decade ago, the 21st Century Public Servant project looked at the changing nature of work in lo...

DIGITAL

'There is no way hackers can get into our systems,' said no council ever

By Leo Hanna | 31 March 2023

Local authority leaders are keenly aware that there is no room for error on IT investment cyberse...

FINANCE

Labour pledges to freeze council tax

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2023

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to spend £2.7bn freezing council tax for a y...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Everything right on your doorstep

By Martin Esom | 28 March 2023

Misinformation has swirled around the concept of 15-minute neighbourhoods, says Martin Esom, but ...

HOMELESSNESS

A new season – but how long before the clouds return?

By Heather Jameson | 28 March 2023

Public services are stretched so thin there is now an issue with spending the cash when it is ava...

SOCIAL CARE

Going on the offensive to explain reality of council finances

By Phil Avery | 28 March 2023

With the current cost of living pressures facing residents, Phil Avery sets out why Swindon Counc...

HEALTH

Systems for better health outcomes

By Ann McGauran | 28 March 2023

With the cost of living crisis still raging, Ann McGauran looks at how people's health is being i...

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