Beyond the Leisure Centre: How to make the case for active wellbeing investment This special report from LocalGov and Alliance Leisure makes the case for repositioning council leisure provision as prevention infrastructure.
Devolution and putting place first The real lesson of Andy Burnham's Makerfield success, argues Dr Jonathan Carr-West, is that place – not personality – is the key to Britain's future.
Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
Council staff face ‘hardship’ as they wait months for pensions
West Midlands councils warn region will be ‘financially unsustainable’
Two-year Sandwell intervention to end
‘Growth zones’ for West Midlands in UK first
Care service failed to meet cultural needs
