Local Elections: What voters really want from their councils
With voters heading to the polls tomorrow, a recent YouGov survey reveals what local issues matter most — and the answers are not always what you might expect.
The shifting sands of local government pensions schemes
25/01/2017 Rob Whiteman looks at the challenges ahead for local government pension schemes as government reforms take shape. |
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Climate for bolder restructuring
19/02/2015 Independent Commission on Local Government Finance’s report shares realistic solutions, doesn’t examine how local public services could be restructured in the interests of financial sustainability, argues Rob Whiteman. |
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A job half done and a truth half told
11/12/2014 Councils are facing a potential fiscal cliff due to a combination of policies that include the council tax cap, the uncertain future of the freeze grant and the possible costs of incoming policies. |
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Our new role in health
04/02/2011 With the Government unveiling its dramatic plans for shaking up the health sector, Rob Whiteman examines the future role for local government |
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Productivity and efficiency are our chief priorities
07/07/2010 Head of the IDeA, Rob Whiteman, reveals some of his findings of a consultation process about the future of the agency |
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A very social service
19/05/2010 Forget Facebook, say bye-bye Bebo, and even log-off Linked-in, as the IDeA launches the Efficiency Exchange, a social networking site for public sector workers looking to trade best practice. Rob Whiteman explains. |
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It’s time to grasp the nettle
22/01/2008 Local Area Agreements are the best chance councils have had to balance local and national priorities, claims Rob Whiteman |
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Directing the future of care
08/08/2007 As councils from direct payments for social care services to the new concept of individual budgets, Rob Whiteman explains what Barking and Dagenham is doing. |
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When diversity begins at home
25/04/2007 For many years, Barking & Dagenham LBC had the most homogeneous and stable population in London. Rob Whiteman analyses a changing picture. |
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Riverside’s teeming with good intentions
12/01/2007 Anyone travelling east along the Thames from central London will notice the hard edge of Docklands giving way to the natural riverbank. |
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