Opinion - Page 2

By Tracy Bingham | 19 June 2025

The sector knew not to expect full detail in the Spending Review but the absence of any further i...

PREVENTION

Spending Review: Little room for a more preventative approach to health

By Andria Mastroianni | 17 June 2025

Andria Mastroianni says relying on council tax to fill funding gaps risks exacerbating, rather th...

INFRASTRUCTURE

On the right track

By Greg Clark | 17 June 2025

After years without the clarity and stability of an Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark sees light a...

FINANCE

Council tax hikes will do the heavy lifting

By Kate Ogden | 17 June 2025

Surprisingly, local government wasn’t at the end of the queue for the chancellor’s cash – or at t...

FINANCE

SEND before spend

By Rob Powell | 17 June 2025

The impact of any failure to fully address SEND deficits will dwarf the benefits of the positive ...

PLACE-MAKING

Planning for places

By Rob Thomas | 17 June 2025

As delegates gather this week at the Welsh Local Government Association Conference, Rob Thomas en...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Settling old scores

By Annie Pickering | 17 June 2025

Annie Pickering says the second year of the Council Climate Action Scorecards reveals that more l...

REORGANISATION

Centralisation and aggregation are concentrations of power

By Catherine Howe | 16 June 2025

If the opportunity of reorganisation and devolution is about power- sharing, different models nee...

INVESTMENT

We need to concentrate on delivery

By Cllr James Lewis | 16 June 2025

'There is a risk we spend too much time talking about shiny buildings in city centres and neglect...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

When the global is local

By Pam Smith | 13 June 2025

Solace is calling for a step-change in the local-central partnership on international economic po...

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