Councils click into the future of planning
In town halls across the country, planning officers are racing to update their Local Plans — but this time, the process looks very different.
Protecting children
28/09/2011 Early intervention and listening to the concerns of young people have proved key ingredients in the success of Lancashire CC’s Operation Freedom initiative, which won The MJ Award for Best Achievement in Children’s Services of the Year. Nicola Carrol |
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Transforming lives
14/09/2011 The best advert for Liverpool City Council’s Healthy Homes Programme, winner of The MJ Public Protection Achievement of the Year Award 2011, is the residents whose lives have been transformed as a result. Nicola Carroll reports |
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Power at the touch of a card
05/09/2011 The pioneering Empower Card helped Cheshire East Council beat off stiff competition for The MJ’s Personalisation and Choice Achievement of the Year award in June 2011. Nicola Carroll talks to the winnng team. |
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Great minds think alike
17/08/2011 Lancashire CC has just won The MJ’s Councillor Development Achievement of the Year Award in recognition of its tireless efforts to champion the work of its members. Nicola Carroll reports |
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Integration is the future in care and health
18/07/2011 Nicola Carroll looks at some of the highlights from the recent NHS confederation conference in Manchester. |
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University challenge
10/09/2008 Having a large student population brings both problems and rewards for councils. Nicola Carroll finds out how Nottingham City Council is dealing with the pressures – and accentuating the positives. Nicola Carroll finds out how Nottingham City Coun |
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Three’s a crowd?
18/06/2008 Nicola Carroll investigates progress – or otherwise – in relations between local government and the third sector |
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Switching the funding streams
25/04/2008 Nicola Carroll finds out what the shift in funding towards neighbourhoods with ‘persistent worklessness’ means for regeneration plans in Bristol – which is losing £6m a year of the former Neighbourhood Renewal Fund – and West Somerset – which is gain |
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Taking centre stage
13/03/2008 The Chartered Institute of Housing’s new chief executive, Sarah Webb, tells Nicola Carroll that councils must make housing more of a corporate priority |
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Credit crunched
22/01/2008 Leeds City Council is helping offer people in deprived areas an alternative to paying crippling interest rates to unscrupulous money-lenders. Nicola Carroll reports |
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Life on MAAs
02/08/2007 Nicola Carroll explores what multi-area agreements - the first of which are scheduled for June 2008 - can offer |
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Spice of Salford life
12/07/2007 Barbara Spicer, Salford City Council's chief executive, talks to Nicola Carroll about what the BBC move to the borough will mean |
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Community challenge
28/06/2007 Nicola Carroll finds out what the creation of Communities England could mean for local government. |
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High anxiety at the top
25/04/2007 The words ‘bloodbath’, ‘feud’ and ‘casualties’ crop up more often than not when local government reorganisation is discussed. Nicola Carroll assesses the potential allout of the unitary bids. |
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Grass routes to local democracy?
07/03/2007 The Local Government White Paper stressed the need for councillors to have closer connections to communities and recognised the vital role of local community groups in involving residents in decision-making. Nicola Carroll assesses whether this has t |
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