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Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie promises lead role in prevention push
Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie talks to LGC about the government’s forthcoming prevention green paper
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EXCLUSIVE: Resilience index response prompts major rethink
LGC has learned plans to produce one overarching score have been ditched following an unprecedented response
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The new round of planning for sustainability and transformation partnerships must allow more collaboration.
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After significant failure, a methodical approach, leadership and partnerships overhauled Rotherham’s inadequate service.
Luton BC: How we became an employer of choiceSubscription
To fulfil our ambitions for the people of Luton we must excite, recruit and retain the best talent in an increasingly competitive labour market.
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Eight years ago, we picked up the pieces of our bid to have 24 schools in Liverpool rebuilt or renovated
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Mapping actions, gathering data and creating a strategy board boosted teacher recruitment and retention in the county
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After an LGA report found evidence of bullying, Cheshire East engaged staff to redefine workplace culture and behaviour
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After electoral errors prevented 200 people from voting, Plymouth City Council reviewed and fixed the problems, with broader benefits for the council’s services.
Will Tuckley: How our Brexit commission aids Tower HamletsSubscription
London Borough aims to provide the most comprehensive understanding yet of the likely cross-sector impact of Brexit on a single place
Dorset's pollination plan protects wildlife and cuts costsSubscription
The pollinator action plan helps protect wildlife and saves verge maintenance costs
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As we shift our services to being delivered around people and place, some of the traditional models of who does what are increasingly being blurred.
Notting Hill Carnival: How local government helps it happenSubscription
Kensington and Chelsea RBC collaborates with organisers while minimising disruption for residents
Walsall: Use the apprenticeship levy to meet workforce needsSubscription
Driven by the opportunities presented by the apprenticeship levy, Walsall MBC has been implementing a new phase in its apprenticeship programme.
Swindon BC: Rooting regeneration in the city's railway heritageSubscription
Swindon BC has ambitious plans for town centre regeneration rooted in its historic role in Brunel’s Great Western Railway.
Hertfordshire: We chose to develop, not sell offSubscription
As well as generating money for frontline public services, the move lets the council influence what good quality place-shaping, infrastructure and design look like
How shared values and partnership help Luton tackle extremismSubscription
A comprehensive approach pairs the government’s Prevent strategy with local partnerships
Idea Exchange: How Swindon boosted voter turnout in ID pilotSubscription
A concerted communications campaign helped ensure a potentially controversial scheme actually bolstered voter engagement
How Norwich initiated the largest Passivhaus building programmeSubscription
It is hoped the construction of Passivhaus homes will reap benefits for residents and council alike, as chief executive Laura McGillivray explains
Idea Exchange: Why Suffolk set up an in-house mediation serviceSubscription
In-house mediation is helping resolve differences early and reduce the use of formal grievance procedures, report Sally Marlow and Helen Muddock
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Aylesbury Vale beleives its entrepreneurialism in the property market will help ensure financial stability
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Paul Steinberg explains how the London HIV Prevention Programme, funded by London boroughs and led on their behalf by Lambeth LBC, is helping cut diagnoses in the capital
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Luton BC is harnessing the power of the town’s airport to improve the lives of its residents, as chief executive Trevor Holden explains
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Ann Sutcliffe, acting corporate director (place) at Tower Hamlets LBC, explains how plans for a new town hall for the borough will generate both cost savings and stronger links with the local community.
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Barking & Dagenham’s work to shape and improve its residents’ futures
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The country’s largest district is under development on the east coast
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Waltham Forest will spend next year showing off its cultural achievements
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Calderdale MBC chief executive Robin Tuddenham explains how the council brought the Piece Hall – one of only two cloth halls left in the world – back to life
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Waltham Forest chief executive Martin Esom explains how seven London boroughs are devising a new model for counter-terrorism work
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North East Lincolnshire chief Rob Walsh on how Grimsby made a persuasive case for devolution
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