Britain’s councils are short of cash, but many are rich in assets. Making that wealth visible gives them choices: better public services, more homes and infrastructure, a stronger urban fabric, and ...
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Household names on the high street have set out their views on ways to revitalise the nation’s ailing town centres, as part of an inquiry by MPs that places local council powers under the spotlight.
Dag Detter advises governments on public finance and public commercial assets and previously led the restructuring of Sweden’s state-owned commercial portfolio. Jules Barker is a partner at Trimstone, ...
At the 27 February backstop date this year, around 40% of English local government bodies received an unmodified audit opinion. Many others have gone over five years without a clean audit opinion, and ...
Children in England face a postcode lottery that determines their outcomes and life chances, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
The need to better harness AI and new technology, systems failing those they serve and the lack of joined-up government are the main themes to emerge from the Public Accounts Committee's annual report ...
Councils lack the staff and expertise to deal with greater spending responsibilities that will come with devolution, a report has warned, calling for the government to make capacity building part of ...
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Chief executive of Neighbourly, a social value planning, delivery, and measurement platform that connects businesses with local good causes to deliver social impact.
A unit tasked with overseeing insourcing is to be established by the government to accelerate the return of outsourced work to the public sector.
The government has announced a £2,000 payment to SMEs to encourage them to take on apprentices, amid concerns that Labour’s apprenticeship objectives are stalling.