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Welfare changes could leave councils footing redundancy bill
DWP tells councils housing benefit staff will not be covered by Tupe regulations
‘Certainty rate' indecision posing 'time and money' burden for councils
Uncertainty over Treasury’s March announcement that councils could access cheaper borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board
Whitehall school funding formula sparks concern for council role
Councils say Education Department proposals could be step towards ending school funding role
Watchdogs urge peer review publication
LGA warns against ‘compulsion’ and calls for decisions to ‘be left up to councils’
Parsons agrees to European expense scrutiny
Chief executive describes conversations over chauffeured car
Care bill to follow 'soon after' white paper
Document to include Law Commission recommendations and ‘market oversight’ measures
Ed Miliband calls on local wellbeing boards to 'defend NHS'
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on health and wellbeing boards to “defend the NHS” from privatisation and increasing competition.
Whitehall shunning anti-fraud drive
Audit Commission chair petitions civil service chief over disengaged departments
We say...
Localism does not mean isolation
The plans to abolish locally set school funding criteria raise fears for small rural schools and illustrate the government’s confused thinking on localism
Views from the panel
Fresh focus for financial management
The current ‘comfort ‘of resource forecasting will be swept away with obvious impacts for maintaining robust and effective financial management
'Use scorecards to prove your point'
Let’s take these scorecards as a learning opportunity – one which further galvanises local government to perfect the art of sector led improvement and, consequently, shows Government that, in future, it does not need to do things this way
Research identifies social media value
Over the past three years the Young Foundation has been working with several communities to test how social media can empower local people.
Austerity a springboard for creativity
The process of decommissioning can be constructive, creative, and - most importantly - result in better outcomes
Blame culture threat to real progress
The momentum around sector led improvement is really beginning to gather pace
Research identifies social media value
Open data is all about building more and better apps to deliver digital public services. So what use is open data for people who aren’t online?
Latest Blogs
Did Portas have a point?
Many of the points outlined in Mary Portas report on high streets struck a chord with life in Westminster, but it is the comments on reducing betting shops that continue to resonate. Cllr Daniel Astaire, cabinet member for business at Westminster City Council explains
The welfare time bomb
Local government insiders have described the government’s welfare reforms as a “time bomb” for local government, and in recent weeks you may have heard a whispered countdown.
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Latest Opinion
Holding council performances up to comparative scrutiny
Comparative statistical analysis has been displaced from the Audit Commission to the core of government
Inside Out - Internet Trolls
A few prosecutions for racism is insignificant given the prevalence of nastiness on social media
Comment
Independent arbiters can help councils negotiate the 'fair' cost of care
Earlier this month insurance company LV= published research that estimated that the cost of providing long-term care for our ageing population will reach £38bn by 2025
Future Fund
Put your digital vision into practice…
The launch event of the Future Fund challenge from O2 attracted representatives from almost 50 councils
Media Review
News round-up 16/5: Survey finds fall in funded home care
Wide disparities in price for care | Councils pull cash from Santander
