What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
Council spending on diversity doubles to £23m
11/03/2024 The amount spent by local authorities on promoting equality and diversity almost doubled in a three-year period, campaigners have revealed. |
Basic efficiency savings all ‘long gone’, Chancellor told
05/03/2024 No more 'basic efficiencies' left to make, leaders tell Chancellor in response to reports he will call for consultants and diversity schemes to be cut. |
Clampdown threat to diversity programmes
24/01/2024 The Government is to clampdown on diversity programmes as part of a drive to ‘reduce wasteful expenditure’. |
Welsh government urged to improve diversity in local politics
17/10/2023 Women, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities are under-represented in Welsh local government, according to a new Senedd committee report. |
WMCA makes top 10 of most inclusive employers in the country
08/06/2021 The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has been announced as the seventh most inclusive employer by the National Centre for Diversity. |
Progress on ethnic diversity at leadership level has stalled, report finds
28/07/2020 Ethnic diversity in public sector leadership roles has failed to improve over the past three years, a new report has warned today. |
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Councils pledge to review statues in wake of Black Lives Matter protests
10/06/2020 Several councils have promised to review statues, street names and plaques following this week's Black Lives Matter protests. |
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Council wins battle to ban anti LGBT protests
26/11/2019 Birmingham City Council has won a court battle to permanently ban anti-LGBT protests outside a local primary school. |
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New family leave guidance for Scottish councils published
04/10/2019 New guidance on family leave for councillors in Scotland recommends that councillors on leave be allowed to continue receiving their basic allowances. |
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Scottish councils ‘lack diversity’, report reveals
11/03/2019 Women and ethnic minorities are underrepresented at the local level in Scotland and many face harassment, an equalities study has revealed. |
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Damning report on leadership diversity
11/10/2018 ‘Little progress’ is being made in increasing the diversity of senior leadership in local authorities, a report published today has found. |
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Whitehall launches £1m skills fund to diversify tech workforce
28/08/2018 The Government yesterday launched two new funds designed to boost diversity within digital and tech workforces. |
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Ministers to 'super charge' LEP performance
24/07/2018 Ministers have published plans to ‘super charge’ the performance and accountability of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) following a review. |
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Fire services must ‘diversify’ their workforces, council chiefs say
13/03/2018 Councils have called for recruitment of more women and people from minority backgrounds to ensure fire and rescue services are fit for twenty-first century. |
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Council reaches ‘new low’ with all male cabinet
26/05/2017 Election experts have accused a Welsh county council of reaching a ‘new low for diversity’ after appointing an exclusively male cabinet. |
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Combined authorities risk being 'preserve of men' finds report
18/04/2017 Nearly all (93%) of senior positions in the new combined authorities will be appointed to white men, new research has revealed. |
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Insights, changing population and growth
14/03/2017 Professor Richard Webber examines diversity and change in an outer London borough. |
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DCLG announces £210,000 to support community projects
24/01/2017 Over £200,000 of extra funding will be available for community projects that bring together diverse communities and different faiths, the DCLG has announced. |
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Council to adopt gender neutral title on forms
16/08/2016 Oxford City Council has approved plans to add the gender neutral title ‘Mx’ to official forms in order to become more inclusive. |
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How local government can improve transgender equality
08/06/2016 In the wake of the media furore surrounding a council’s decision to make its primary school applications more gender diverse, William Eichler explores how local authorities can address transgender issues in their communities. |
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Councils urged to take a more ‘active’ approach to integration
10/05/2016 Local authorities should publish annual measures of residential segregation as part of a ‘more muscular’ approach to managing ethnic and religious diversity, a new Civitas report argues. |
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Brighton criticised for option to select gender on school form
20/04/2016 A council has come under attack for the decision to allow children to choose their gender on primary school application forms. |
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What can local government do to manage the impact of migration?
01/02/2016 William Eichler examines how local authorities can best respond to demographic changes and rising levels of migration. |
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‘You ain’t no Muslim, bruv’
10/12/2015 Reflecting on the Leytonstone Tube station stabbing, Martin Esom, Waltham Forest LBC chief executive and chair of the London Prevent Board, explains how councils can tackle radicalisation and improve community cohesion. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
