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It’s hard to get excited about another social care review
1 day ago · Social care reform was the gaping hole in the government’s frenetic approach to new policy launches last year. For months ministers gave hardly any detail about how the government intends to resolve one of the thorniest and arguably most pressing issues it is faced with. So when 2025 kicked off ...
Revealed: Scale of untapped potential in digital services
1 day ago · About the survey The survey was carried out electronically during summer 2024, with a total of 78 valid responses. They included eight council chief executives or managing directors and 11 directors, assistant directors or head of services, and other officers from across different services, including financial management, data intelligence, communications, information governance and policy and ...
Government launches adult social care commission
6 days ago · Sarah Woolnough, chief executive at The King’s Fund said this commission could "offer a real opportunity to break the cycle of failure to reform social care" but she believes the first phase should focus on "funding and on measures the government could quickly get on with implementing, such as work to improve the use of data and technology in the social care sector, better integration with ...
Who is flying the flag for local government technology?
1 day ago · In the 21st century, technology has become a powerful driver of social change, economic growth and improved quality of life. Local governments, as the closest layer of governance to citizens, play a critical role in addressing the core challenges of their communities.
McMahon exclusive: Ending 'two tier premium' could free up …
Dec 24, 2024 · In a week where the government launched its devolution white paper and the provisional finance settlement, the local government minister speaks exclusively to LGC. The government believes reorganisation of two-tier areas could free up “billions of pounds” in the long term, but it is prepared to ...
Digital Magazine: October 2024 | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
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Chiefs submit pay claim for 2024-25 - Local Government Chronicle …
Feb 19, 2024 · The letter from Mr Miller to Naomi Cooke, employers’ secretary for the Joint Negotiating Committee, said: “There is no evidence that chief executives are exempt from the same cost of living pressures as other staff –food, energy and mortgage costs, for example, are all much higher than a few years ago.
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