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HEALTH
Health devolution: opportunity or distraction?
By Katherine Merrifield | 07 April 2026
It remains to be seen if giving the Mayors of Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire greater oversight of NHS Integrated Care Boards is a genuine game-changer, says Katherine Merrifield.
APSE
It is local councils that remain the UK's fourth emergency service
By Mo Baines | 26 March 2026
Mo Baines says there are warnings that we may need to resort to rationing supplies to protect eme...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
The first steps to getting young people working
By Ben Lucas | 03 March 2026
Ben Lucas says devolution of youth unemployment services is key to economic growth.
NEIGHBOURHOOD HEALTH
Leading neighbourhood health
By Lee Peart | 03 March 2026
Cllr Wendy Taylor, chair of the LGA’s Health and Wellbeing Committee, says local government must ...
SOCIAL HOUSING
Ambition meets reality: Can local authorities deliver the supported housing strategy?
By Charlotte Cook | 23 February 2026
The Government has published its long-awaited strategy on supported housing. It is big on ambitio...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Total Place requires total trust
By Lisa McNally | 09 February 2026
Councils can expand the Total Place ethos by joining up often fragmented policies and programmes,...
WELLBEING
Prevention first: Why food insecurity must be addressed before crisis hits
By Vic Harper | 09 February 2026
Prevention is the only way to reduce the hardship caused by food insecurity at scale and support ...
HEALTH
The NHS 10 Year Plan: Why listening at scale matters for local government
By Ruth Cousens | 28 January 2026
Ruth Cousens outlines what 250,000 voices reveal about prevention, place and the future role of c...
REORGANISATION
Rival bids see Norfolk clash over public sector reform
By Joe Lepper | 13 November 2025
Public sector reform has emerged as a key battleground among rival local reorganisation bids in t...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Navigating the Covid storm
By Barry Quirk | 04 November 2025
A book about how a London borough which found itself with the highest incidence of Covid-19 in th...
LEISURE
Supporting older people's health and fitness
By Phil Donnay | 23 October 2025
Phil Donnay looks at the importance for older people of keeping active.
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