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ECONOMIC GROWTH

The future of early years education

By Chloe Darlington | 17 July 2023

Early years provision is an incredibly valuable linchpin in every community and local economy, an...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We're homing in on housing in Great Yarmouth

By Sheila Oxtoby | 17 July 2023

The biggest single expansion in council homes in Great Yarmouth for almost 20 years is a sign of ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Make it local

By Cllr Shaun Davies | 17 July 2023

As political parties draft their manifestos, we have a compelling story and evidence of how publi...

HEALTH

Taking stock of ICSs

By John O’Brien | 17 July 2023

Integrated Care Systems have further to go, but partners recognise the need for collaborating and...

TRANSPORT

Ticket offices hit the buffers

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 17 July 2023

With a minimal 21-day consultation, 1,000 railway ticket offices around the country will be close...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Time for reflection on council failures

By Graeme McDonald | 17 July 2023

We should all recognise the need to improve standards in public life more broadly, not least as l...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making an effective LEP from enterprise partnership to local government

By Alun Hughes | 14 July 2023

Upper-tier local authorities have the necessary strategic scale and powers to convert any nationa...

LEGISLATION

Time is running out and the Government to-do list grows

By Heather Jameson | 11 July 2023

With just a week left until recess - and an election looming - there is still a lot on the Govern...

HEALTH

The fight against unfair cuts must continue

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 July 2023

The upcoming election offers a fantastic opportunity to get debates around local government fundi...

COUNCIL TAX

A proper fair funding review is needed for levelling up to make a difference

By Rob Whiteman | 11 July 2023

More than seven years ago the Government launched a call for evidence on the needs and redistribu...

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