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WHITEHALL

Councils sign up to social care precept

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 March 2016

Most local authorities in England have taken advantage of the Government’s new social care precep...

WHITEHALL

Adult social care pleas after record bed blocking figures

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2016

Unprecedented pressures on adult social care have been blamed for record bed blocking figures rel...

FINANCE

Time to end the two solitudes of health and local government

By Michael Burton | 10 March 2016

Michael Burton says health professionals and policymakers are still not considering local governm...

FINANCE

Getting to the Hert of health care

By Iain MacBeath | 08 March 2016

Iain MacBeath explains Hertfordshire’s innovative collaboration with the NHS and how the Better C...

SOCIAL CARE

The Bucks starts here

By Cllr Martin Phillips | 08 March 2016

Buckinghamshire CC has been praised for leading a project which allows lone parents to seek emplo...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Majority support cross-party action to fix growing care crisis

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 March 2016

A survey by the charity Independent Age has revealed overwhelming public support for cross-party ...

SOCIAL CARE

NHS is keeping sector 'away from the table'

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2016

The NHS is actively keeping local government ‘away from the table’ as it presses ahead with susta...

HEALTH

Fears over 'unintended results' of rate retention

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016

Local government has called for assurances that the sector will not be heavily hit by appeals und...

FINANCE

Transforming services the 'women centred' way

By Clare Jones | 08 March 2016

Clare Jones explains why International Women’s Day should inspire councils to produce a new ‘wome...

HEALTH

Whitehall calls for groups to join forces to cut red tape

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 March 2016

A Whitehall report has criticised local government groups for failing to work together on project...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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Director, Local Government Reform and Devolution

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Essex County Council