Localis’ Steven Howell took part in a Guardian Local Leaders live discussion on how local authorities in the poorest areas can cope with cutbacks.
The Department of Health has published a new toolkit to help councils get local businesses involved with promoting public health.
The toolkit includes information on how to encourage staff to have a health check, promote physical activity and use less salt in catering.
Localis’ Steven Howell highlights the soaring cost of housing and asks what the limits of local government’s appetite for construction might be.
It is high time to equip other parts of the country to compete on equal terms with London, writes Daniel Crowe
Transport is hardly the sexiest policy area in local government. Roads, buses, bridges and trains are not the sort of things that excite people, despite the ever-present angst over timetables and potholes.
Community budget pilots are to be rolled out to more areas although there is uncertainty about how many councils will be able to take part in this second stage.
Former Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow MP, writes about social care and integration in Lib Dem Voice while referencing his contribution to Localis’ latest Policy Platform.
Local government looks likely to receive some measure of protection from additional Whitehall spending cuts to be announced by chancellor George Osborne later today.
Read the advice of our expert panel on how local authorities can prepare for taking on responsbility for public health next month.
Analysis by the thinktank Localis has found that putting local authorities in charge of transport spending would lead to a better return on investment in infrastructure.