Poverty - Page 4

By Adrian Dougherty | 15 March 2024

Patience has been key to a North of Tyne Combined Authority programme addressing child poverty, i...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

The impact of ending the Household Support Fund would be disastrous

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 February 2024

The Household Support Fund is a crucial way for councils to help residents with the costs of livi...

HEALTH

Better food policies for councils' menus

By Sofia Parente | 27 February 2024

Ahead of the local elections in May, and in the context of a council funding crisis, Sofia Parent...

WELFARE

Don't cut the HSF lifeline to families in distress

By Cllr Bev Craig | 27 February 2024

A failure to extend the Household Support Fund beyond March will be catastrophic for many people ...

FINANCE

Council tax bands need a regional overhaul

By Heather Jameson | 13 February 2024

Heather Jameson asks: 'Will any incoming government rush to reform council tax? Will they be brav...

DEVOLUTION

Plan to fight poverty

By Adrian Dougherty | 05 February 2024

Adrian Dougherty sets out lessons from a joined-up approach to addressing child poverty at North ...

ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES

This is not a slow burning threat

By John Pearce | 05 February 2024

We urgently need the Government to develop a national strategy to tackle the root causes of pover...

WELFARE

Millions would need to double income to escape poverty, report warns

By Ellie Ames | 23 January 2024

Six million people in the UK would need to more than double their income just to escape poverty, ...

HEALTH

Is leisure now a liability or an opportunity to support healthier communities?

17 January 2024

The three key challenges being faced by council leisure services can be addressed positively to p...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Cities find their future

By Cllr John Merry | 15 January 2024

Cllr John Merry looks back at Key Cities’ successes and considers what he would like the network ...

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