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Short term gain could lead to long term pain
ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Short term gain could lead to long term pain

By Adele Taylor | 28 July 2025

A lack of investment in adult social care prevention even for a short period of time will have long-term consequences in a very tough environment, warns Adele Taylor

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Cities that measure what's easy will miss what's essential

By Nick Kemp | 28 July 2025

Cllr Nick Kemp explains how a city-level environmental, social and governance framework for Newca...

REORGANISATION

Local government needs genuine devo

By Louise Gittins | 25 July 2025

The Local Government Association 'supports devolution where governance is local by default, with ...

REORGANISATION

This transformation is a time for pragmatism and vision

By Gill Kneller | 24 July 2025

It is a deliberate programme of sustained and ongoing cultural change that will make local govern...

COUNCIL TAX

Let the electorate decide what they are willing to pay for

By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2025

'Fiscal devolution – particularly for council tax – has a lot going for it', says Heather Jameson.

LEGISLATION

Balancing need with investment

By Angela Holden | 24 July 2025

Angela Holden previews the findings of a new report from the Regulator of Social Housing and sets...

COUNCIL TAX

Central government must ease its grip

By Florence Eshalomi | 23 July 2025

Councils must have more power to control their own affairs - accountable not to Westminster in th...

REORGANISATION

Putting children front and centre

By Cllr Hannah Dalton | 23 July 2025

The District Councils’ Network has joined with the Staff College to create a route map for counci...

REORGANISATION

And those against?

By Cllr Steve Pitt | 23 July 2025

Cllr Steve Pitt makes a firm case for local authorities such as Portsmouth City Council to be lef...

PROCUREMENT

The politics of process

By Jonathan Carr-West | 23 July 2025

Local government reorganisation offers an opportunity to deliver better services – and it must be...

REORGANISATION

Change without design is a dangerous thing.

By Catherine Howe | 23 July 2025

If we want to create a more human, prevention-focused state which makes the best use of technolog...

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