New SIGOMA chair: ‘We need certainty’ on council funding
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
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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