LGC Topics
All the latest on key topics including elections, finance, pay, politics and social care
Agenda: Community Engagement
Empowering communities to engage in shaping services
We have to empower our communities to be engaged in shaping their own services
Agenda: Confidence Survey
Whitehall relationship at new low in LGC confidence survey
LGC’s regular sector survey suggests confidence in central government slumps to fresh low
Agenda: Education
Raising standards on reduced budgets
Looking at examples from schools in Islington to roads in Norfolk, Nic Paton considers the success of a powerful partnership in action
Agenda: Elections
Analysis: The Ukip surge that shook local government
Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher analyse how the rise of Nigel Farage’s party hit the Conservatives - but Labour failed to capitalise on the coalition’s difficulties
Agenda: Finance
Warm words but no revolution as Whitehall thwarts change
Another huge round of cuts could make many local government services unsustainable. Ruth Keeling reports
Agenda: Pay
Agenda: Politics
LGC View - Electoral reform
While the causes of political malaise are not wholly within the power of local government to remedy, it is in councils’ interests to tackle them
Agenda: Performance
The dos and don’ts of ICT outsourcing
MySociety director Tom Steinberg on what you can outsource… and what you can’t
Agenda: Social Care
Adult social care and children’s services – what next?
The budget cuts experienced so far have been painful but councils have striven to minimise their impact on services. However, respondents to the survey by LGC and Capita’s local government services business are expecting even harsher cuts, as Alex Blyth found
Agenda: Welfare Reform
So much to do, so little time
Despite a wealth of change - and a lack of wealth - councils will strive to find the positives in welfare reform
Latest Agendas
City power packages mark ‘historic moment’
City leaders identify moves on investment models as key measure for a new era of devolution
Reneging on care reform promise ‘could cost £25bn’
ADASS president warns focus on prevention will be lost if white paper disappoints
‘Let us keep our £600m business rate bonus,' treasurer urges
Rallying call to councils as survey findings spark fears of Treasury cash grab
Councils' budget preparation 'sound'
Councils increase minimum limit they set for general reserves over last four years
Full take-up of council tax freeze unlikely
Survey finds serious doubts over viability of government offer of funding for council tax freeze
