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UNIONS
Hitting the strike button
By David Blackman | 16 July 2025
The three main local government unions have all rejected the employers’ pay offer. How strong is the possibility of widespread strike action against a backdrop of wider public sector disquiet with ...
REORGANISATION
Born to run
By Ann McGauran | 16 July 2025
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services met last week in Manchester for its annual co...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Government letting down families on social care, says Dilnot
By Lee Peart | 14 July 2025
Governments of all colours have underfunded means-tested social care provision by local governmen...
LGA CONFERENCE
After the riots
By Martin Ford | 08 July 2025
A session at last week’s LGA conference in Liverpool heard insights from one place impacted by la...
COUNCIL TAX
Grant funding's phase-in
By Ann McGauran | 02 July 2025
The fair funding review 2.0 has landed, but will it put the whole of a beleaguered sector onto a ...
LGA CONFERENCE
Still a vital voice for the sector
By Heather Jameson | 02 July 2025
As members met for its annual conference this week, the Local Government Association have a casca...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Re-wiring the state
By Ann McGauran | 27 June 2025
Sheffield’s network of Family Hubs are playing a crucial role in testing key aspects of the Gover...
SERVICE DELIVERY
Forging the future
By Martin Ford | 25 June 2025
With the sector in crisis and the need for radical change, fundamental questions are being asked ...
REORGANISATION
Lessons for uncertainty
By Ann McGauran | 17 June 2025
When it comes to reorganisation, you need to look at it from every angle. Ann McGauran spoke to e...
DEVOLUTION
Cross-border lessons in devo
By Heather Jameson | 11 June 2025
Devolution may be new for some English authorities, but it is a quarter of a century on in Scotla...
LGA
Councils' watershed moment
By Martin Ford | 05 June 2025
Next week’s Spending Review will have huge implications for the future finances of local governme...
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