Analysis - Page 11

By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024

Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...

FINANCE

Stormy waters ahead

By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2024

Mark Conrad talks to three major groups of councils about what the provisional finance settlement...

DEVOLUTION

West Yorkshire's economic promise

By Andrew Vaux | 11 December 2023

West Yorkshire will host one of the Government’s investment zones. Andrew Vaux speaks to politica...

FINANCE

Innovating in impossible times

By Martin Ford | 11 December 2023

The spectre of a section 114 notice looms over several councils, but one of the first to warn it ...

SOCIAL CARE

Scots make bumpy start – but will England follow the plan?

By Paul Marinko | 11 December 2023

As the relationship between Scottish councils, unions and Holyrood ministers remains tense as the...

PAY

The more things change

By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2023

Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in loca...

TRANSFORMATION

AI's tipping point

By Ann McGauran | 04 December 2023

How will artificial intelligence change local government and the lives of residents – and can the...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

No quick fix as challenges grow

By Ann McGauran | 04 December 2023

Ann McGauran reflects on last week’s NCAS conference, where the general mood was of determination...

PLANNING

Progressive planning frontiers

By Sean Benstead | 27 November 2023

The origins of the English planning system can be traced to an increased awareness of the role of...

WHITEHALL

Innovation keeps the wheels on social care

By Paul Marinko | 27 November 2023

With no prospects of long-term funding solutions, social care teams are having to focus on creati...

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