How councils can use landscaping to maintain social distancing and safety
Saul Huxley explores how councils can use different landscaping methods to incorporate social distancing into public spaces.
Open for business
23/09/2020 Andrew Knowles and Leena Gillespie explain how local authorities can reshape the future of Britain’s challenged high street. |
Where do Clean Air Zones fit in the green recovery?
18/09/2020 Laura Thornton and Stuart Thomson, the legal director and head of public affairs respectively at BDB Pitmans, look at Clean Air Zones and the green recovery. |
Re-shaping local gov: mobilising the workforce and joining up care
10/09/2020 David McKinney discusses how councils can build on the digital progress they’ve made during COVID-19, and use mobile solutions to move towards true joined-up working. |
The LATCo model
03/09/2020 Mark Scott explains how local authorities can deliver profit with a purpose. |
A personalised approach holds the key to unlocking our SEND challenge
28/08/2020 Prof. Sandy Toogood argues there is huge opportunity to reframe SEND provision and focus on the importance of a personalised approach. |
How to approach rental arrears in a COVID world
26/08/2020 Chris Walker explains how data science, behavioural insights and technology can help councils change the way they manage repayment arrangements. |
Child abuse survivors' experiences of support services
21/08/2020 Alison Spence, lead researcher at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, looks at abuse survivors’ experiences of support services. |
Unlocking the opportunity to transform children and young people services
19/08/2020 Hannah Saunders and Fiona Gold say now is the time to act and transform children and young people services. |
Roads to recovery
14/08/2020 Alex Glassbrook explores if councils were legally allowed to make amendments to traffic regulation orders in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. |
How local authorities could help their private hire and taxi drivers
13/08/2020 Dr. Tom Vickers outlines how local authorities can help improve the working conditions and economic insecurity among private hire and taxi drivers. |
Reinvigorating town centres through a root and branch redesign
12/08/2020 Ciara Keeling outlines how successful local authority town centre regeneration and development strategies should look like post COVID-19. |
Are enough local governments acting on climate emergency declarations?
05/08/2020 Hannah Callingham says councils must start to develop and deliver climate change strategies in order to meet declarations. |
Solving the town centre regeneration puzzle
04/08/2020 A multi-disciplinary and data-driven approach to town regeneration is more important than ever, argues Brian Thompson. |
Care technology can no longer be a managed leap of faith
30/07/2020 Robert Turnbull explains how Hampshire CC is using cobots to improve adult social care during the pandemic. |
Continuing down the path to hepatitis C elimination
28/07/2020 Rachel Halford explains how multi-agency partnership working during the pandemic has helped to test and treat people for the hepatitis C virus. |
Protecting art in a crisis
27/07/2020 Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy outline how local authorities can play an important part in enabling arts and culture to flourish in their areas. |
Maximising innovation will help people in a challenging world of work
24/07/2020 Ksenia Zheltoukhova explains how harnessing technology and innovation can make job information and skills training as tailored and engaging as possible. |
Convicted landlords warned over confiscation threat following COVID crisis
22/07/2020 Kevin Hegarty, QC, has warned that local authorities could legally go after law breaking landlords in a bid to cope with the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic. |
Taking action over an employee’s social media posts
22/07/2020 Daniel Piddington warns that councils need to tread carefully when staff bring them into disrepute using personal social media accounts. |
Will ‘Build Build Build’ help construct council housing?
20/07/2020 Will ' Project Speed' helps councils to build more housing? Paul Butterworth reports. |
This issue of Public Property examines how how flexible workspaces can lead the way in regeneration for local authorities, Why local authority intervention is key to successful urban regeneration schemes and if the Government’s challenge of embracing beauty is an opportunity for communities.
The March issue also takes a closer look at Blackburn with Darwen Council's first digital health hub to help people gain control over health and care services.
