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COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Counties should not rest on our laurels
By Nicola Beach | 17 January 2023
While the financial strains for both councils and communities will continue to be the dominant is...
PENSIONS
'Build to Rent' investing allows LGPS to support Levelling Up agenda
By Doug Rowlands | 16 January 2023
Build to Rent (BtR) is an asset class that the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) should incr...
HOUSING
Tackling fuel poverty in the private rented sector
By Cara Jenkinson | 16 January 2023
Councils are calling for action to help them robustly enforce Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...
SOLACE
Bonne année French style
By Mike Bennett | 12 January 2023
The Mayors of communes in France host a fine civic tradition to welcome in the new year, celebrat...
FINANCE
Balancing Housing Revenue Account priorities
By Steve Partridge | 12 January 2023
Councils face a very difficult balancing act in relation to their Housing Revenue Accounts and ul...
EDUCATION
MATs are local and need to be civic players
By Jonathan Crossley-Holland | 12 January 2023
Research on multi-academy trusts highlights that most are locality based, despite 20 years of att...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The state we're in is one of déjà vu
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2023
We need to talk about the state of the state, and confront the crucial issue of how we pay for pu...
FINANCE
Time to get serious about inclusive growth
By Ben Lucas | 10 January 2023
Despite the problems confronting local places, Ben Lucas believes there are grounds for optimism.
SOLACE
So many failures looks like carelessness, as Oscar Wilde almost said
By Abdool Kara | 10 January 2023
Some combination of senior councillors and officers is at fault when it comes to council failures...
PLANNING
The planning system needs more resources to thrive
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 10 January 2023
It isn’t so much the planning system that is broken – more the housing delivery system, says Cllr...
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