What does the future hold for care providers?
John Woodward OBE explores the impact of the social care crisis on care providers big and small.
Protecting public spaces
22/03/2019 Local Government News finds out why local community organisations and councils must work together to save public spaces. |
Basic income pilots
21/03/2019 Gail Irvine finds out how local government in Scotland is leading the way on basic income. |
Redefining the shape of local government
20/03/2019 With the new authorities of East Suffolk and West Suffolk launching from next month, what final hurdles do the councils face in coming together? Neil Merrick reports. |
In competition with the PWLB
18/03/2019 Christian Wall considers what alternative funding channels are available to local authorities beyond the Public Works Loan Board. |
Protection from tenant insolvencies
15/03/2019 Daniel Stern looks at what authorities can do to protect themselves from tenant insolvencies in the retail sector. |
Handling telephone payments – is your council compliant?
13/03/2019 Geoff Forsyth outlines his top five tips to help councils take incoming payments securely. |
How technology could help detect social care fraud
12/03/2019 Julian Pilling explains how councils can better protect themselves against fraud committed by carers. |
Preventing urban crime through environmental design
07/03/2019 Gavin Hepburn outlines the four main principles of crime prevention through environmental design. |
Councils shouldn’t be chastised for acting commercially
04/03/2019 Any new measures to control council’s commercial investments must recognise it is now a necessity for local authorities under financial pressure, argues Weightmans’ Simon Goacher and Clive Bleasdale. |
Spending review: Councils braced for further austerity
01/03/2019 Councils are under financial pressure as never before and will need all the optimism they can muster to deal with it, says Mark Whitehead. |
How digitisation will put the human into HR
27/02/2019 Simon Fowler explains about how local government employee engagement can be supercharged by HR professionals learning to harness data and technology. |
Sexual harassment is everyone's problem, not just the rich and powerful
22/02/2019 Is local government failing to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace? Mark Whitehead investigates. |
Public audit will soon need a spring clean
21/02/2019 John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent that uses evidence before spending decisions are made. |
What is the future of adult social care?
20/02/2019 Camille Leavold reviews the findings of the LGA green paper and ponders the future of adult care services. |
Birmingham's winter of discontent
15/02/2019 With a series of one-day strikes to go ahead in Birmingham, Mark Whitehead explores what led to this long-running dispute over waste collection. |
Standards of conduct in local government
13/02/2019 Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy explore why there could be major changes ahead to the regime for monitoring the standard of conduct of members of local authorities in England. |
Involving young people in local democracy
08/02/2019 With less than 1% of councillors being under the age of 25, just why is it so hard to get younger people to stand for election? Mark Whitehead investigates. |
Dorset’s achievement in a world transformed
07/02/2019 Andrew Flockhart shows how officers and members throughout Dorset worked together – despite a host of challenges – to be ready for the transformation on 1 April from nine councils to two unitary authorities. |
How can local authorities successfully and sustainably tackle homelessness in their area?
31/01/2019 Victoria King Lowe explores how local authorities can work with partners to attract additional funding and implement cost-effective solutions that can reduce rough sleeping and homelessness. |
The risk of pipe and cable strikes
29/01/2019 Richard Broome draws on data from the company’s recent Digging Up Britain report to highlight how common a problem asset strikes and looks at what local government should be doing to stop them from happening. |
The December issue of Local Government News looks at the consequences a council may face if it is unable to provide statutory services, the launch of Liverpool’s housing company and how councils can best manage roles in local authority companies.
It also has a special section on green building and energy efficiency including what funding is available to enable councils to deliver heat networks and how councils can pay for ‘smart buildings’.
