Poverty

By Ross Mudie | 04 May 2022

Ross Mudie and Annabel Smith argue that plunging yet more people into hardship will lead to a ris...

THIRD SECTOR

The voluntary sector is not a surrogate for the state

By John Tizard | 04 May 2022

Councils can and must show leadership to tackle the deep challenges of the years ahead – but a he...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Doing the right thing for children

By Ann McGauran | 27 April 2022

With the direction of the Government’s policies for schools and SEND becoming clearer, the new pr...

Government needs to commit to reducing energy consumption

By Neil Marshall | 25 April 2022

Neil Marshall argues that reducing consumption is the only sure-fire way of tackling an energy cr...

DATA

Using data to face the poverty crisis head-on

12 April 2022

New analysis by Policy in Practice highlights that a million more people are expected to fall int...

COUNCIL TAX

Councils need radical thinking at a time of crisis

By Professor Richard Murphy | 12 April 2022

Professor Richard Murphy says councils need to cooperate to tackle the multiple crises faced by c...

POVERTY

The cost of living crisis needs a strong locally-led response

By Jessica Studdert | 12 April 2022

We need to use more collective imagination to build a more adaptive and empowered local state th...

POVERTY

The energy crisis: what can councils do to protect their communities?

By Fay Holland | 08 April 2022

The Government continues to shy away from the investment needed to improve the energy efficiency ...

COUNCIL TAX

Cost of living crisis risks leaving levelling up 'dead on arrival'

By William Eichler | 07 April 2022

The Government’s levelling up agenda could be undermined by a deepening North-South divide exacer...

EDUCATION

The appliance of science

By Dave Wilson | 06 April 2022

Nesta’s behavioural insights team have developed a toolkit to help councils run projects to incre...

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