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ECONOMIC GROWTH

From Hart to Hartlepool: A new Atlas of Inequality

By Alasdair Rae | 12 February 2020

The ‘levelling up’ catchphrase is throwing the spotlight on ‘left behind’ places. Alasdair Rae s...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Creating communities for all ages

By Stephen Burke | 12 February 2020

Bringing younger and older people together produces dividends, says Stephen Burke, who outlines h...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'Things will not get better: We need radical action'

By Neil McInroy | 12 February 2020

Neil McInroy argues that a crisis in children’s and adults’ services calls for ‘a new spirit of a...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Doing politics differently post-Brexit

By Claire Fox | 12 February 2020

Adults do not want to be treated like children to be nannied by the state, says Claire Fox – but ...

WHITEHALL

Sharing of powers is not devolution

By Ian Miller | 12 February 2020

District councils need a broader range of fiscal devolution, starting with the taxes, fees and ch...

CLIMATE CHANGE

The pressure is building to talk less about climate change and do more

By Anthony May | 12 February 2020

The incentives to act on tackling climate change are clear and present, but none of us has all th...

WHITEHALL

Ministers' revolving door leads to re-inventing the wheel syndrome

By Michael Burton | 12 February 2020

The high turnover of communities secretaries, junior ministers and civil servants in recent years...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Let councils invest or pay up with funding

By Heather Jameson | 12 February 2020

Tighter controls on local government's investments may be on the way – but central Government wil...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Tackling familial sexual abuse needs a sustained approach

By Mark Rogers | 11 February 2020

Dealing with child sexual abuse in the family environment calls for informed, committed and resou...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Who you gonna call 

By Blair McPherson | 10 February 2020

If an urgent problem emerges at a local authority, whose call should a senior director return fir...