The fight against toxic air
Michael Lewis outlines how local authorities are leading the way in clearing the air.
A tale from Shakespeare Country – comedy or tragedy?
11/11/2019 Goings on in deepest Warwickshire suggest a hinterland of a dark and oppressive culture of sexism, says Mark Whitehead |
Retail, High Streets and Business Rates
07/11/2019 John Orchard argues the time has come to ignore the hyperbole surrounding business rates. |
Tackling race inequality
06/11/2019 As Bristol approaches the first anniversary of its Equality Charter, Cllr Asher Craig says the city has forged ahead with initiatives to begin delivering real change to BAME communities. |
All politics is local - and policymaking should be too
05/11/2019 Nadine Smith explains how local governments can achieve real public impact by building relationships based on trust and engaging with citizens to solve some of the complex challenges of local governance. |
Helping young migrants settle in the UK
04/11/2019 Amy Spiller explains how young people from migrant backgrounds are inspiring newcomers to the UK. |
Don’t push us off the precipice
01/11/2019 The sudden increase in the PWLB lending rate has the potential to cripple local authorities’ ability to deliver affordable homes, explains Cllr Sharon Taylor. |
Transforming citizen services with a front-to-back end digital platform
25/10/2019 Always put the customers’ needs at the heart of the journey to obtain true transformation, says Caroline Croft. |
Supporting community members in vulnerable circumstances
24/10/2019 Matthew Drage outlines how councils can ensure they best identify and communicate with the most vulnerable members of their communities. |
Smart Cities: The critical importance of private sector finance
22/10/2019 Gary Thompson explains why investing in smart cities will require smart finance to overcome tightening public budgets. |
Navigating borrowing options
21/10/2019 Local authorities need to be brave and hold out for lower interest rates following the PWLB rate rise, argues Christian Wall. |
Blue Badge: Achieving a citizen-first approach
18/10/2019 Paul Tomlinson explains how councils can balance the lack of standardisation with the Blue Badge service with their need for flexibility in designing and processing applications. |
Mending a shattered society
17/10/2019 Local government must be the glue that mends the broken bonds of our communities, writes Donna Hall. |
No homeless veterans
14/10/2019 Ed Tytherleigh calls on every single council to identify and refer veterans to appropriate services to ensure there are no homeless veterans. |
How local authorities can boost adoption matches
11/10/2019 Sally Beaumont explains how local authorities can boost their adoption matches with Adoption Activity Days. |
A targeted approach to tackle homelessness
10/10/2019 The Government's objective of ending homelessness by 2027 can be achieved through a more targeted and long-term approach, experts told Mark Whitehead. |
Pledging to make air pollution a national priority
09/10/2019 Cllr Julian Bell explains how the capital's local government is leading the way by raising awareness of air pollution, and tackling it with innovative projects. |
Ensuring the best debt collection journey
02/10/2019 Andy Briscoe explains how councils can use data and analytics more effectively to improve the way they collect debt. |
Queen's speech: Time to 'reignite the devolution process'?
01/10/2019 The Local Government Association wants more power devolved to local councils, but there's a big question mark at the heart of the policy, says Mark Whitehead |
A vision for transparency
30/09/2019 How can technology-enabled integration and data sharing deliver better outcomes for London’s young people? Dave Pether reports. |
Facing up the future?
27/09/2019 Sue Chadwick urges local authorities to think hard before using Automatic Facial Recognition technology on publicly owned land and buildings. |
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.
