Opinion - Page 133

By Mo Baines | 12 June 2023

Is it time for a new era of public service value? Mo Baines looks at the value of insourcing and ...

BUSINESS

Taking advantage of buying power

By Vivienne Roberts | 12 June 2023

From aggregation to e-auctions, Vivienne Roberts looks at how councils can harness their buying ...

PLANNING

That Bill and the dead hand of centralism

By Ian Miller | 12 June 2023

Such new powers as councils are given are limited either on the face of the Levelling Up and Rege...

HEALTH

The drugs won't work

By Professor Jim McManus | 12 June 2023

Short-term strategies like the latest drugs pilot to tackle obesity won’t fix the problem, says P...

LONDON COUNCILS

London wants to support genuine sector-led improvement

By Alison Griffin | 12 June 2023

Oflog has the potential to be part of a drive to improve local public services, but achieving thi...

PAY

Is a national care service what we can expect from the next Labour Government?

By Simon Bottery | 12 June 2023

There are huge implications for local government in a new report on adult social care, says Simon...

ELECTIONS

New councillors should carve out time to develop net zero knowledge

By Cllr Jane Hugo | 12 June 2023

UK100’s Climate Leadership Academy provides an ideal way for new councillors to learn how to deli...

HEALTH

LG Challenge 4: A focus on prevention in Stockton

By Michael Balls | 08 June 2023

Round four of the Local Government Challenge hosted by Stockton-on-Tees BC put the focus on early...

FINANCE

Swimming against the financial tide

By Heather Jameson | 06 June 2023

Heather Jameson says without the powers to clamp down on those who go too far there will be restr...

FINANCE

The deals did not add up

By Michael Hudson | 06 June 2023

Michael Hudson's advice is 'that as s151 officers we are the custodians of the public purse: alwa...

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