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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rising from the ruins

20 October 2014

Cheshire West & Chester Council was instrumental in helping to create a vibrant new hub for one o...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A Network of friends

By Freya Burley | 20 October 2014

Freya Burley explains how a social pedagogic approach to fostering is proving successful in a new...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Bringing more innovation to the design of early years

By Ella Britton | 17 October 2014

The Knee High Design Challenge has helped social entrepreneurs create innovative intervention ser...

THIRD SECTOR

A global problem tackled locally

By Michael Burton | 13 October 2014

Global events can end up as local problems, as the rural district of Fenland discovered when it e...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Overcoming obstacles

By James Hawkins | 13 October 2014

Up to 10,000 local authority self-build schemes are envisaged under the new Right to Build progra...

LGA CONFERENCE 2014

Thinking outside of the box

By Graeme Kane | 01 August 2014

Graeme Kane relates the highlights of his journey to winning this year’s LG Challenge.

PEOPLE

Connecting with communities

By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2014

When Labour won Croydon LBC in May, it was just the start of the story, Heather Jameson hears.

FINANCE

The future of public services

By Chris Williams | 01 August 2014

Officers and members of Buckinghamshire CC looked for new ways to implement a radical transformat...

WELFARE

Food programme forages for the Wirral

By Fan Sissoko | 01 August 2014

Food poverty is on the rise.

Making our cities grow and prosper

By Ian Curryer | 31 July 2014

A clear prospectus for business support will enable cities to drive their own economic growth, wr...