Opinion Archive
LGC's opinion archive of expert comments on local government matters
Opinion and blogs from LGC
Michael White: two cheers for the Queen's Speech
The Queen’s Speech elicited a lacklustre response from MPs, who focussed on waylaying health tourism at passport control, writes Guardian and Health Service Journal columnist Michael White
Francis demands more honesty from the NHS
The barrister who led the Mid Staffordshire inquiry demands honesty from the NHS, but “the truth” is often in the eye of the beholder, writes Alastair McLellan, editor of LGC’s sister title Health Service Journal
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Inside Out: Being fair to Ukip
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Shared leadership towards improved health and wellbeing outcomes
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LGC View - A race against time
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Michael White: UKIP and the NHS
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Power and control: the state of local government funding
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Achieving true integration
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Only Pickles bucks the centralisation reform trend
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A kick in the ballot box
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We need a stronger prescription for medical leadership
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Mediawatch: Desperately seeking the right suffix
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The warning signs in NHS emergency care
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The big four
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Regional leadership on health
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Planners are on the side of the people
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Can the NHS still deliver major service change?
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It's time to recognise the impact of benefit changes
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Mediawatch - Council papers, Mr Pickles and the P-word
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Every little helps
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How Right to Buy turned into a bonanza for the wealthy
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The low-profile NHS agency that will punch above its weight
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Inspection a key driver of change?
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LGC View - Local elections
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The Risky Business of Innovation
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More power to the patient voice
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'The conviction politician who can inspire local government'
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The NHS needs calm heads, not panic headlines
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The local energy programme of Stoke-on-Trent
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Keeping local authorities moving
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Metro mayors would end the underperformance
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GPs dodge the spotlight of scrutiny as hospitals face full glare
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Has the NHS bitten off more than it can chew?
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If only central spending had followed local government's lead
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This is where the real work begins
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LGC View - Budget 2013
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Sir David Nicholson scathed at Westminster
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Inside Out - Should I stay or should I go?
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Mediawatch - Welfare reform: look back in anger?
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LGC View - Data sharing
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This is a human concern, not a technological issue
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Competition, conspiracy and cock-ups
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We have to fix this
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Volunteers are a big local asset
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Council tax needs to be rehabilitated
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The real power of the peer challenge
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Mutual benefits
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The importance of talented staff
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An offer which can't be refused
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Making the single pot work
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Mortality ratios must not be misused
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A pressing case for county-focused local growth deals
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Mediawatch: Sexing up single person's discount
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Loosen the constraints to help London grow
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Trusts risk unwanted legacy with short-term savings
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Inside Out - Police and crime commissioners
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Mediawatch: Fire, brimstone and a stunned silence...
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LGC View - Ukip in the council chamber
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Michael White: vultures circle the NHS
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Cancer’s hidden price tag
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Michael White: Hunt picks a fight with the nurses
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When a super-policy is not a solution
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LGC View - Spending round 2015-16
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Inside Out - The law of unintended consequences
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Michael White: NHS reform hits home
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Inside Out - John Lennon v Margaret Thatcher
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Translating strategies into outcomes
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Solace Summit Series
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Saying no to the tobacco industry
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Michael White: The NHS defeated Thatcher
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Inside Out - Small things really count
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Mediawatch - Welfare reform: the rhetoric and the reality
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The cost of piloting the benefit cap
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The Margaret we knew - by her favourite council's leader
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She will never be forgotten, by friend or foe alike
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'Her legacy is malign but worse is to come'
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Pressure crushes NHS’s flowering talent
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Elvis and snow – local authorities go digital
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Learning by taking risks…
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The money drought is set to continue
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Inside Out - Reorganisation
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Mediawatch - March madness has been in the media air...
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Cities are ready and still waiting
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A step change
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Making sure schools are fit for purpose
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MPs’ flexibility push should end underspends
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Health and Wellbeing Boards will need support from those around them
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Jones and Stewart were right and remain right
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A smooth transition: local networks to tackle welfare reform
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Recognising the impact of open spaces
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Judging the real risks to the NHS
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Inside Out - Budget blues
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Mediawatch - A media frenzy over mansions and macaws
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Look and learn
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A tale of two councils
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LGC View - Sector-led improvement
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Changes to the rules on whistleblowing
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Budgeting for Growth
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Nicholson and Dacre: Two of a kind
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Inside Out - A child-parent relationship
