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After the General Election, regardless of who wins it, Core Cities UK will unite with partners to call for a national plan for cities, says Marvin Rees OBE.
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.Haringey Council has appointed two leaders with a strong background in the creative world into the director of culture and creativity role as a job share. Heather Jameson reports.
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District councils need the Government to increase the housing benefit subsidy. Without this, local authorities increasingly cannot afford appropriate housing, says Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen District Councils' Network.
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The SEN system & the broken children’s social care residential market are the main drivers of cost for councils, says Simon Edwards, and County Councils Network 'will be proactively setting out its own case for reform of both as we gear up for a new Government'.
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John Glenton Riverside Group considers how councils should spend on homelessness prevention grants to support families affordably.
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Councils’ reserves are not there to be guarded, says a #localgovernment . In straitened times, councils argue, the higher the risk, the more reserves you need to mitigate it. Martin Ford reports
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The health risks from climate change are considerable, but directors of public health are ideally placed to ensure initiatives are implemented in the right way, to the right people, say greg fell FFPH & Darrell Gale Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)
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Hampshire CC's finances are having indirect impacts on East Hants DC and its most vulnerable individuals, says Gill Kneller.
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Like Liam Byrne’s 2010 note to his successor suggesting there was no money left, an incoming government will have little room for budgetary manoeuvre if it sticks to its declared fiscal rules, says Abdool Kara National Audit Office
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There are a host of key topics that our expert speakers will be deep-diving into at the popular #MJFutureForum this March, including pivotal topics like social care, housing, and budgets.
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As 2024 begins, Emmet Regan Mutual Ventures sets out a framework for any incoming government to consider when mapping out their plans for public service reform.
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