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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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Three’s a crowd?

18/06/2008

Nicola Carroll investigates progress – or otherwise – in relations between local government and the third sector

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

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

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

Life on MAAs

02/08/2007

Nicola Carroll explores what multi-area agreements - the first of which are scheduled for June 2008 - can offer

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

Community challenge

28/06/2007

Nicola Carroll finds out what the creation of Communities England could mean for local government.

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.

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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