NHS reforms are a car crash that has already happened…

01 February 2012

Don't smother public health duties with red tape

By Michael Burton | 31 January 2012

Michael Burton is concerned new guidelines for councils on their public health duties will become...

C'llr Achievement Awards 2012: SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

31 January 2012

Civil Society Innovation Network: event 2

31 January 2012

"We will radically delayer and simplify the number of NHS bodies" (Health White Paper 2010)

31 January 2012

Is the private sector losing interest in outsourcing?

By Michael Burton | 30 January 2012

Michael Burton asks if the appetite for major council deals has waned during the spending squeeze.

Mr Pickles must temper his haste

By Heather Jameson | 30 January 2012

Just weeks into his new job as communities secretary, Eric Pickles famously referred to himself a...

Should we be cutting so many top staff?

By Blair McPherson | 30 January 2012

Cutting costly senior managers sounds like a sensible way to cut costs in local government – but ...

Who will care for Willy Wonka?

By Nathan Elvery | 30 January 2012

I wish I could have a warm, chocolaty feeling about councils like Willy Wonka says Nathan Elvery.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Age UK Care in Crisis 2012 report

By LGiU | 30 January 2012

Age UK Care in Crisis 2012 report leaves no-one in any doubt about the scale of the challenge fac...