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HEALTH

Step up to the plate

By Sandra Dinneen | 02 August 2016

Districts could really make a difference on health and care integration but all 201 need to pull ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Devolution at a snail's pace

By Paul Carter | 02 August 2016

Devolution is now more relevant than ever but progress is slow and government must ditch the unne...

HEALTH

Fighting obesity on the front line

By Cllr Izzi Seccombe | 02 August 2016

Tackling obesity requires a whole system approach and the Government can’t duck out of supporting...

FINANCE

The changing state of skills

By Tom Stannard | 02 August 2016

A new skills white paper could shake up post-16 education and require a new focus on economic gro...

DIGITAL

A drive on digitising

By Greg Thomas | 02 August 2016

Councils must recognise that digitising public services is the key to engaged communities, says G...

FINANCE

Invest to save on sector-led improvement

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2016

The cost of failure has never been higher for local government but a clear path to improvement is...

FINANCE

Invest to save on sector-led improvement

By Heather Jameson | 27 July 2016

The Institute for Government’s report this week on public service failures raises some interestin...

Winds of change

By Paul Wheeler | 27 July 2016

Metro mayor elections in 2017 could deliver some surprise results unless politicians learn lesson...

FINANCE

Restoring balance on spending

By Simon Parker | 27 July 2016

Brexit means Britain must rethink its approach to regional spending and business rates retention ...

FINANCE

A job for the local

By Andrew Muter | 27 July 2016

Local government has done impressive work in the eight years since the financial crash. Andrew Mu...