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11 Jun 19
Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
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7 Jun 19
Money matters as much to planning as other services that may have been more visibly hit by cuts but equally important is a seat at the top table, says Royal Town Planning Institute’s Victoria...
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6 Jun 19
The adequacy and impact of auditor reporting is under scrutiny - but real improvement still seems some way off, explains CIPFA’s Diana Melville.
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3 Jun 19
Subsidising fossil fuels does not improve people’s lives and will ultimately prove more costly to economies, says the WWF’s Vanessa Perez Cirera.
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31 May 19
The rule of law could be seriously under threat unless the government invests in the criminal justice system now, says the FDA union’s Steven Littlewood.
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30 May 19
Nurses love their jobs but employers need to stem their rising work pressures, stress and poor mental health, says NHS Employers’s Sue Covill.
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28 May 19
Our health and social care services will suffer if the government does not invest in public health, says Cancer Research UK’s Alison Cox.
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24 May 19
The use of AI in the NHS has huge potential in saving man-hours and focusing staff on more complex tasks, writes NHS Shared Business Services’ Stephen Sutcliffe.
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23 May 19
The need to restore and renovate Parliament is a one-off opportunity to reform how parliamentarians conduct their business at Westminster, writes director of the IfG Bronwen Maddox.
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21 May 19
The UK’s new international secretary Rory Stewart has got off to a good start but there is still much he can do to improve the department, says the ODI’s Simon Gill.
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20 May 19
Key decisions are increasingly determined by computers but there is a growing sense of unease about the transparency of the algorithms that power them, says John Thornton.
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17 May 19
The government must look further and aim higher if it wants to end youth homelessness says Reform’s Aidan Shilson-Thomas.
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17 May 19
Internal auditors may have some tough truths to deliver as their organisations face ever-increasing pressure but their role is vital, says CIPFA’s Diana Melville.
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16 May 19
The voluntary and community sector could play a crucial role in returning services to public ownership, says outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
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15 May 19
Urgent and radical decentralisation will have to depend on resource-based expenditure if we are to rebalance the economy through a strong local state, argues Joe Fyans, head of research at Localis.
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14 May 19
National Audit Office director David Aldous explains why it is important to give views on the NAO’s new code of audit practice for local government.
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13 May 19
From unveiling money laundering and alcohol fraud to deploying nudge psychology and boosting international collaboration, there’s much to learn from our award winners, writes CIPFA’s Marc McAuley....
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10 May 19
A responsible government cannot balance its books on the backs of its poorest, most vulnerable citizens with little or no regard for them, says MP Frank Field.
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9 May 19
Ensuring a diverse workforce will improve public financial management and foster creativity, writes Gillian Fawcett of Public Finance by Women
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7 May 19
Last week’s local elections were more eventful than expected but were still dominated by national politics rather than community issues, says LGiU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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7 May 19
Two years after the proposal of a green paper on urgently needed social care reform, over a million older people have either died waiting for a care package or had their requests refused, says Age UK...
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6 May 19
Suddenly having to prepare for unexpected European Parliament elections - soon after the local elections - has caused a headache for electoral administrators, says the Association of...
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3 May 19
Localis’ Jonathan Werran looks at the early results of the local elections and considers how they may impact local growth and prosperity.
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2 May 19
Stephanie Elsy, managing director of Stephanie Elsy Associates, explains the pros and cons of outsourcing, and when it is worth doing.
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29 Apr 19
NHS Providers’ Miriam Deakin explains why 15 health organisations came together last month to write to the prime minister to call for action to create a sustainable social care system.