Transformation

By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022

The Accounts Commission is ‘not confident’ Shetland Islands Council is ‘financially sustainable’.

FINANCE

Councils face asset sale clampdown

By Martin Ford | 01 August 2022

Communities secretary Greg Clark is writing to councils today to confirm a tightening of rules un...

DEVOLUTION

York and North Yorkshire councils sign 'historic' devolution deal

By William Eichler | 01 August 2022

New powers are set to be transferred to a directly elected mayor in York and North Yorkshire as p...

BUSINESS

Unlocking public services' potential

By Dominic Campbell | 28 June 2022

Our public services should be the envy of the private sector, and it is up to us to unleash our o...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Avoiding the edge

By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 June 2022

As the sector gathers this week for the LGA conference, Dr Jonathan Carr-West says it’s time to s...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Are we building back better or bleaker?

By Max Wide | 27 June 2022

We glimpsed a reimagined world during the pandemic, but there is a certain bleakness stemming fro...

HEALTH

Burnham attacks Whitehall bidding culture

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2022

Central Government wastes more money than local government because of the bidding culture, Greate...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Call for national 'civic service'

By Paul Marinko | 17 June 2022

London Councils’ chair has called for the introduction of a national ‘civic service’ so everyone ...

Strategic reset: stabilising the ship?

By Professor Tony Wall | 15 June 2022

As organisations attempt to settle into new ways of working, Professor Tony Wall, Christine McDon...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

We now have a clear evidence base for change to children's social care

By Simon Edwards | 06 June 2022

The Independent Review of Children's Social Care heeds the County Councils Network's calls for a ...

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