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PREVENTION
Prevention, neighbourhoods and the long game
By Ansaf Azhar | 28 May 2026
New evidence from Oxfordshire suggests this is not the moment to step back on health inequalities, says Ansaf Azhar.
STRONGER THINGS
Stay the course on a Total Place race
By Anna Randle | 26 May 2026
It’s time to seize the opportunity of Total Place 2.0 to help bring about the public services we ...
LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK
LGR needs to spur the shifting of services from a reactive to a preventative footing
By Cllr Richard Wright | 05 May 2026
The need to ensure new unitaries are safe and legal from day one should not obscure the ultimate ...
HOMELESSNESS
Mayors: A secret weapon to tackle homelessness?
By Jack Shaw | 29 April 2026
Jack Shaw says mayoral leadership can add much-needed ballast to a broken, expensive system that ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayor sidesteps calls for London exploitation board
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2026
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether he backs an exploitation board that would ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Closing the confidence gap
By Emmet Regan | 23 April 2026
Emmet Regan looks at why government has lost the confidence to ‘do big things’ and says rebuildin...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Solace urges Better Care Fund rethink
By Dan Peters | 22 April 2026
Council chief executives have called for an urgent rethink of how funds like the Better Care Fund...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Rethinking the Better Care Fund
By Mark Palethorpe | 22 April 2026
Moving integrated care from rhetoric to reality calls for an urgent review of how resources like ...
REORGANISATION
The amount of local reform requires clear vision and better alignment
By Susan Parsonage | 16 April 2026
Susan Parsonage says the scale of reforms to councils, Integrated Care Boards and the police call...
FINANCE
Winning the war on waste?
By David Blackman | 16 April 2026
Is Reform UK’s waste drive just a saloon bar dream or are there still genuine efficiencies to be ...
SOLACE
Prevention is not an ideological choice; it is a practical necessity
By Graeme McDonald | 16 April 2026
There is a risk that the sector burns more time debating boundaries, governance and organisationa...
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Deputy Director of Adult Social Services
up to £108,870
Rochdale is a diverse metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, home to around 242,000 residents. Apply for this job
Head of Regeneration and Strategic Project Delivery
£82,242.00 - £91,146.00 per Year
Help shape the future of the Vale of Glamorgan. Apply for this job
Director of Care & Health Integration (DASS) and NHS Place Partnership Director
up to £149,041
Rochdale is a diverse metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, home to around 242,000 residents. Apply for this job
- Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
- GMB branch secretaries to go on strike against own union
- Local authorities are central to building the places where people live, work and socialise
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Councils demand full cost recovery for planning fees
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