SKILLS

Driving up growth with more localised employment support

By Elaine Smith | 25 November 2024

Combined authorities wondering how they can best harness their new powers can now access tailored...

RECRUITMENT

Skills shortages laid bare

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2024

Four out of five councils are seeing impacts on services due to shortages of talent, a report has...

FINANCE

Councils join project to explore preventative spending

By Emily Twinch | 14 October 2024

Four councils have joined a two-year project aimed at coming up with a methodology for calculatin...

MAYORS

Metro mayors see potential tensions ahead

By Andrew Carter | 11 October 2024

Andrew Carter says we will only have to wait until later this autumn to find out exactly how far ...

ENERGY

A happy ending to the retrofit challenge in Oxfordshire

By Gayle Pilkington | 17 September 2024

Gayle Pilkington discusses the challenges her Oxfordshire CC team is facing in finding households...

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum Midlands: 'Private sector can bring capacity and skills'

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2024

DEVOLUTION

The devo's in the detail

By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2024

The proposed English Devolution Bill has given encouragement to many local leaders, but with the ...

HR

Ditching the generational divide for a future-proof local government

By Michelle O'Neill | 11 September 2024

Are we ready to slay the generational divide and create a truly future-proof local government, as...

HOUSING

Councils call for £644m cash injection into housing

By Emily Twinch | 03 September 2024

Councils have urged the Government to plough £644m of capital funding into housing in England whi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Maximising the growth mission

By Tom Stannard | 30 July 2024

Tom Stannard says ‘taking back control’ is a good start, but more is needed to drive growth in lo...