Revaluating financing options
Caroline Daves considers if leasing be part of the solution for councils and schools as the PWLB interest rate rises.
How councils can improve support for independent living
14/05/2019 Paul Smith outlines his five top tips on how councils can improve the outcomes for disabled people living in their area. |
Supporting people with dementia
27/03/2019 Paul Smith and Francis Philippa explain how four different pilot projects have helped improve the quality of life for people living with dementia. |
DPS – A flexible way to procure
10/07/2018 Paul Smith urges councils to consider Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPSs) as a pioneering approach to procurement and outlines the five top reasons for considering the use of a DPS. |
Taking the strain off unpaid carers
17/05/2016 Paul Smith calls on local authorities to use the disabled facility grant to support carers as well fund adaptations. |
Fast-tracking home adaptations
08/03/2016 Paul Smith argues the recent ‘crisis in residential care’ report is a 'major over-simplification of a very complicated problem' |
This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.
This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.
