Solace

By Martin Swales | 26 March 2020

The national COVID-19 emergency is seeing the very best of our councils and our workforces and we...

The work of local government has become 'even more urgent'

By Ann McGauran | 26 March 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting ‘the very best of councils and our workforces’, accordin...

PAY

Former Solace chief takes crisis pay cut

By Heather Jameson | 25 March 2020

Former Solace president Jo Miller has taken a 10% pay cut as her council launched a range of meas...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Jenrick urges councils not to delay on coronavirus spending

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick this week urged council leaders not to put off decision...

SOCIAL CARE

There is still plenty for this Government to 'get done'

By Martin Reeves | 16 March 2020

The Budget package does not give councils any certainty over funding for the short to medium term...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Be more than just good at your job

12 February 2020

Nicola McCoy Brown says that while she hadn’t reached her third decade of work ‘without knowing t...

FINANCE

Scottish councils' improvements 'stalling'

By Martin Ford | 31 January 2020

Spending on culture and leisure, economic development, and roads all fell by around a quarter las...

WHITEHALL

NAO to probe one-off Government funding pots

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2020

The National Audit Office (NAO) is to probe the effect of the Government’s shift towards one-off ...

EDUCATION

'We must do more than tinker at the edges'

By Phil Norrey | 09 January 2020

The system needs a truly sustainable multi-year financial settlement to ensure children and young...

SOLACE

What will Boris do next?

By Graeme McDonald | 17 December 2019

The new Government will need the sector’s help if it is to stand a chance of delivering the party...

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