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FINANCE

Social care doesn't have to be a drag

By Andrew Burns | 06 December 2016

Ministers need to see the benefits of investing in social care, not the costs of doing so, Andrew...

FINANCE

Taking the temperature at The MJ's Future Forum North

By Michael Burton | 06 December 2016

Editorial director Michael Burton on what he learnt from our latest event

FINANCE

Come what May…

By Dan Corry | 06 December 2016

Dan Corry considers the outcome of the rather grim inaugural fiscal announcement of the new May G...

BUSINESS

The Northern Powerhouse must be driven from within

By Ed Cox | 06 December 2016

Questions about the virtues of the Northern Powerhouse may have eased off, but Ed Cox says its ti...

FINANCE

No part of the public sector is an island

By Louise Round | 06 December 2016

Louise Round explains why the lack of social care funding is an issue for district authorities too.

THIRD SECTOR

Let's talk about the tricky issues

By Jo Miller | 06 December 2016

How do we all live better and live better together? Jo Miller says we all have a part to play in ...

WHITEHALL

We want a unitary call is too simple

By Chris Sinnott | 05 December 2016

Chorley BC’s director of policy and governance, Chris Sinnott, on why his council’s latest reorga...

WHITEHALL

Local government is staring into the unknown

By Heather Jameson | 29 November 2016

After chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement failed to ease the uncertainty facing local go...

HEALTH

Still time for social care

By Ray Puddifoot | 29 November 2016

The chancellor has failed to address the acute social care pressures facing councils but the Gove...

FINANCE

Councils left shouldering the social care burden

29 November 2016

Cllr Judith Blake claims the Government has not gone far enough to address to some of the UK's mo...

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