HEALTH

Getting the best from public health

By Tom Scanlon | 15 October 2013

If public health integration is going to work anywhere, it should be in a unitary authority with ...

Video: Failure is not an option for Birmingham

By Heather Jameson | 09 October 2013

Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has a neat analogy to explain the forthcom...

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Briefing: Party conferences 2013

09 October 2013

The MJ analyses the implications for local government of the party conference season.

The top health performers in England

By John Fisher | 09 October 2013

A guide into how English councils are performing in their new health responsibilities.

Reshuffle - changes at a glance

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2013

Find out who's in, who's out, and who's doing what now in the October reshuffle of ministerial ra...

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When the party's over

By Jonathan Carr-West | 08 October 2013

As the party conferences close for another year, Dr Jonathan Carr-West considers the growing dist...

WHITEHALL

PAC slates central government over community budgets

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2013

The Public Accounts Committee released four reports last week, slating the progress made by the T...

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Professor's 'surreal' return to council

By Michael Burton | 02 October 2013

Few chief executives have left their authority only to later return as an interim.

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Assessing national woes v local priorities

By Victoria Harkness | 26 September 2013

Public concern about the state of our roads and the cleanliness of our streets leapfrogged school...

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The human balancing act

By Richard Crouch | 23 September 2013

Richard Crouch assesses social employment and fears a diminishing ‘human’ contribution in public ...