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POLITICS
Reed's policy brace as final whistle threatens to blow
By Heather Jameson | 17 June 2026
The plans outlined this week by communities secretary Steve Reed to crack down on private sector firms profiteering from running children's homes are much needed, says Heather Jameson. 'If it does ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government 'stands ready' to rein in private providers' profits
By Ann McGauran | 16 June 2026
The Government is prepared to bring in local profit caps to rein back private providers of childr...
COMMUNITIES
Towards a community-powered future
By Anna Randle | 11 June 2026
New Local’s annual festival of community power, Stronger Things, gets under way next week. Anna R...
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 ...
STRONGER THINGS
Mission: Local economy
By Grace Pollard | 21 May 2026
Grace Pollard says speakers at next month’s Stronger Things will imagine how future local governm...
STRONGER THINGS
Stronger Things: 'Don't use reorganisation to scale up the same things'
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025
Local government should beware of using reorganisation solely to ‘redesign the same things on a d...
STRONGER THINGS
Stronger Things: Call for 'swap back' to single transferable votes for mayors
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025
The Government should use the Elections Bill to revert to single transferable votes for mayoral e...
STRONGER THINGS
Stronger Things: 'Localism is not opposed to globalism'
By Ann McGauran | 03 June 2025
Viewing localism as a force in opposition to globalism is a ‘false priority’ that will lead to ‘o...
STRONGER THINGS
Colouring in public sector reform
By Jessica Studdert | 29 May 2025
Setting the scene ahead of New Local’s Stronger Things festival, Jessica Studdert says it is time...
STRONGER THINGS
Building thriving societies – it's easy as ABCD
By Cormac Russell | 28 May 2025
Cormac Russell, headline speaker at New Local's Stronger Things festival at London's Guildhall on...
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