ENVIRONMENT

Just partners

By Nicola Carroll | 06 October 2011

Nicola Carroll reports on Sunderland CC's innovative energy efficiency programme.

BUSINESS

A programme for action

By Dermott Calpin | 06 October 2011

The SOLACE Summit will issue an open invitation for executives and senior manager to discuss the ...

BUSINESS

Investing in Change

By Sally Howe | 06 October 2011

Sally Howe looks behind the scenes at Peterborough Council which has won an award for 'outstandin...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Protecting children

By Nicola Carroll | 29 September 2011

Early intervention and listening to children's concerns proved key ingredients in the success of ...

FINANCE

Money Matters

By Nathan Elvery | 28 September 2011

Nathan Elvery from Croydon LBC overhears conversation in local sweet-shop with bearing for sector.

HEALTH

All change: children's services in Birmingham

27 September 2011

Improvements to children’s services rely on managers and staff who know what is happening on the ...

WHITEHALL

Who monitors education now?

By Chris Waterman | 27 September 2011

The Government’s wholesale abolition of independent educational organisations has left the Depart...

ENVIRONMENT

Bringing choice to kerbside recycling

By Simon Parker | 27 September 2011

The future looks bright for environmental services, but only if councils take a more radical appr...

Transparency in procurement

20 September 2011

It is vital that local authorities are consistent and transparent in the procurement process, say...

ENVIRONMENT

HS2 and the planning process

By Dermott Calpin | 20 September 2011

MPs' verdict on HS2 is likely to prove a key test for the Government’s streamlining of the planni...