Opinion - Page 151

By Peter Stanyon | 07 March 2023

As 4 May looms, councils are heads down in preparation for the implementation of voter ID. But th...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Neglect and the perfect storm

By Jo Porter | 07 March 2023

Assessing the care given to a child against the yardstick of a ‘reasonable parent’ involves consi...

PAY

Why a four-day week works

By Cllr Bridget Smith | 07 March 2023

The early performance data from South Cambridgeshire DC’s trial of a four-day week – the first in...

HEALTH

Key to levelling up health and wealth

By Gwen Nightingale | 07 March 2023

The Health Foundation is funding a £1.6m programme to support combined authorities to make the mo...

PARTNERSHIPS

This moment is bittersweet

By Paul Shevlin | 07 March 2023

In his last District View column for The MJ, Paul Shevlin reflects on what working in local autho...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Looking at alternatives to competitive funding pots

By Abdool Kara | 07 March 2023

Could the resources invested in failed bids, added to the immense resources needed to assess them...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Solving the SEND puzzle

By Steve Crocker | 07 March 2023

We must press Government to not lose sight of the key principles in the Schools White Paper if we...

ELECTIONS

The perils and complexities of voting system changes

By Ian Miller | 07 March 2023

The Elections Act 2022 heralds a major change to the voting process and will leave polling statio...

SOLACE

Learning from the past to create councils fit for the future

By Matt Prosser | 03 March 2023

Solace and Grant Thornton brought chief executives and other senior officers together to draw on ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Meanwhile uses create both commercial and community benefits

By Mike Hood | 03 March 2023

The hugely successful meanwhile uses implemented at Manchester's Mayfield regeneration scheme hav...

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