Rushanara Ali MP Rushanara Ali MP 💙 has been appointed Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Alex Norris MP Alex Norris MP has been appointed Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Lord Khan of Burnley Lord Wajid Khan has been appointed Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage Baroness Dr Sharon Taylor of Stevenage, OBE has been appointed Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Entries for the LGC Workforce Awards close at midnight tomorrow! **Don't miss out on the opportunity to highlight the innovative workforce projects within your council ** View categories here bit.ly/3PZdAUi #Localgov #Localgovernment #LGA #PPMA #Localgovworkforce

Some personal news, as they say! It’ll be tough leaving IPPR as I’ve loved leading a fantastic team with huge impact. But I’m honoured & excited to be asked to help shape and deliver such a critical policy agenda at the heart of the new government. Can’t wait to get stuck in!

Last chance to enter the LGC Workforce Awards! **This is your opportunity to showcase your council on a national level and demonstrate how it is a great place to work. DON'T MISS OUT!** Get in touch today and we can hopefully help you submit a winning entry! #Localgov #LGA

Government threatens legislation to compel LGPS pooling lgcplus.com/investment/gov…

Labour should not be too prescriptive when trying to boost council pension fund investment in the UK. If nothing else, it might still be in office to face the consequences if inappropriate investments made under pressure go bad. My LGC briefing lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-b…

RIP Dunc. A true character, a colossal part of LGC for three decades. It’s hard to imagine how we will fill the gap he leaves

Governments are always frustratingly slow to confirm ministerial responsibilities after a re-shuffle, but I can't remember it taking this long before

There's an inherent conflict of interest between Local Government Pension Scheme funds and sponsoring authorities. Neil has some interesting thoughts on how they can deal with it.

"With Streeting and Reeves’ revelations about broken and underfunded public services, it is now safe for a Labour politician to be more candid without rocking the electoral boat, so here goes...." Graham Chapman on council finance under the new government lgcplus.com/finance/graham…

"The potential for social care to contribute to the wider pro-growth agenda should not be underestimated" - Richard Humphries 💚 Is this an argument local government needs to make more of to convince the Treasury of the need to fix social care? lgcplus.com/services/healt…

Calling council officers and councillors involved in regeneration: please take the third LGC Local Government Regeneration Survey. The results of this first post-election survey will be especially interesting, and you could win a £100 Amazon voucher research.net/r/YNLH299

“We think there are as many as 30 protestors inside the building” - Rotherham Council Rotherham Council chief exec Sharon Kemp and leader @christophe_read write about the council's response to an attack on a hotel housing aslyum seekers during last week's riots lgcplus.com/services/commu…

I've not been on here for a while, but if you hop over to Bluesky you can find me at Martin George.bsky.social