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PLANNING

Building a new housing approach

By Laura Sharman | 07 February 2020

A new document explores why we are seeing the rise of local authority-led housing delivery, and t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Westminster's filling in nicely

By Cllr Rachael Robathan | 07 February 2020

Cllr Rachael Robathan reveals how Westminster City Council has employed creative solutions to del...

LEGAL

Short-term thinking

By Stephen McGowan | 07 February 2020

Ahead of the impending introduction of new licensing powers for short-term lets in Scotland, Step...

FINANCE

The positive process of peer review

By Tony Kirkham | 06 February 2020

Tony Kirkham recently took part in a Local Government Association peer review. He says the proces...

SKILLS

Councils are not benefiting from the value that diversity brings

By Stephen Jeffery | 05 February 2020

Stephen Jeffery says councils are falling short when it comes to making the most of the diversity...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Grime and punishment: cleaning up Christmas

By Anne Marie Scott | 05 February 2020

Anne Marie Scott, director of human resources at Oxford Direct Services (ODS) talks about how the...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Sizing up the efficiency problem

By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2020

If delivering efficiency is a driver for local government there are reasons to believe there may ...

HEALTH

An allied approach to success in Oldham

05 February 2020

Dr Carolyn Wilkins outlines Oldham MBC’s journey to further health and social care integration an...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Build on the social aspect of towns

By Dan Corry | 05 February 2020

Much of the discussion about ‘levelling up’ towns has been about physical infrastructure, but as ...

SKILLS

Government must now connect with the 'just about managing'

By Paul Wheeler | 05 February 2020

This government has made many commitments, especially to the new Tory heartlands of the Midlands ...