Government isn't listening
POLITICS

Government isn't listening

26 June 2025

The Spending Review was a missed opportunity to sort out the funding crisis in local government, says Sir Ed Davey. He calls on government to be much bolder on finances and social care.

LGA CONFERENCE

How to make leadership radical, capable and agile

By Kim Wright | 25 June 2025

With the LGA Conference on 1-3 July imminent, Kim Wright – who will speak at the event – says inv...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

The chancellor set the roadmap for how the Government will deliver its missions

By Jon Rowney | 25 June 2025

Alongside the Test, Learn and Grow programme, the new approach to public service reform set out i...

FUNDING

Review must be beginning rather than end of reform

By Heather Jameson | 25 June 2025

No matter how good the fair funding 2.0 consultation is, and how politically problematic it may b...

REORGANISATION

Now for the fair funding fireworks

By Michael Burton | 25 June 2025

The Government has finally grasped the nettle of fair funding by producing a controversial draft ...

REORGANISATION

The death of local government

By Steve Leach | 25 June 2025

The Government’s commitment to authorities of around half-a-million will further decimate the cou...

FUNDING

The Government is getting it

By Zoe Billingham | 24 June 2025

All in all, the Government is getting it, says Zoë Billingham. ‘Improving living standards in eve...

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE

Making a 'neighbourhood health service' a reality

By Alison Griffin | 22 June 2025

Health and care partners in the capital are coming together to make visions of a ‘neighbourhood h...

PARTNERSHIPS

Let's safeguard what has made our partnerships so successful

By Maxine O’Mahony | 22 June 2025

As local government navigates its way through reorganisation, partnerships like ARP offer a bluep...

INVESTMENT

Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment

By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025

Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...

Government needs to stop being shy about its exciting public service reform vision

By Jessica Studdert | 19 June 2025

There is a growing movement for more creative, grassroots-led public service reform to shift our ...

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