Entries for the LGC Workforce Awards close at midnight tonight! *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

My LGC briefing from last night reflecting on a fascinating discussion about making public services more preventative at #publicfinancelive24 this week tl;dr Politicians & civil servants dreamt up current systems, it is entirely within their gift to design different ones.

President of 🌈Updates from ADCS Andy Smith is calling for Send inspections to be paused because issuing threats of intervention 'doesn’t make any sense' when the 'absolute consensus is that the system is broken and that systemic challenges cannot be resolved without national action'

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Has your council implemented a structure for recognising and rewarding its staff? If so, why not submit an entry into the Best Innovation in Retention category of the LGC Workforce Awards? bit.ly/3JEsNqg For help in submitting call Jodie TODAY on 020 3953 2015. #Localgov

Made up to be appointed as the private parliamentary secretary to Angela Smith , Leader of the LabourLordsUK and Lord Privy Seal. Reform of the Lords is a fundamental way for the new government to deliver change to our political system Us ‘new towners’ must stick together!

Mr McMahon said he has reservations about how deals are currently structured. 'I don't think we have resolved the issue of district councils and combined authorities.' Here we go again. (h/t Kirsty Weakley)

Very worried about Dunc, LGC long term production editor missing for a week.

This from the Chartered IIA is very worrying

Very interesting to hear from Jim McMahon MP earlier at the The Future Governance Forum event. Striking change in tone on councils in intervention + suggestion he would like to see a limit on council borrowing to prevent some of the extreme debt we have seen in recent years

My reflections in LGC on scrapping #socialcare charging reforms and what next for reform. In short, these reforms were not a panacea and the decision was necessary. Now gov must work with the sector on what a national care service means in practice. lgcplus.com/services/healt…

The Shortlist for the 2nd LGC Workforce Awards has been announced. Massive congratulations to those who made it & thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. bit.ly/3JEsNqg To attend EM [email protected]/020 3953 2117 #Localgov #LGA #PPMA #LGIU #SOLACE #SOCITM

Ofsted calls for tighter controls over profiteering children’s homes lgcplus.com/services/child…

Grenfell is a reminder that sometimes the ‘usual suspects’ may be right lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-b…

Jim McMahon letter: "Oflog is an office within my department". I'm guessing the days of questioning its independence is over? lgcplus.com/politics/gover…