Place shaping the regions
With much of the political and policy attention focused on Dublin during GE2020, putting a spotlight on the regions is welcome, writes David Minton.
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Covid-19: Regional Economic Analysis
John Daly, an economist with the 3 Regional Assemblies in Ireland, writes on the profound impact of Covid-19 on Ireland’s economy, pointing to data from…
Ireland
Social Care: a case of an underlying health condition
Social care has been in a state of perpetual crisis for decades, writes Janet Sillett. After years of neglect, is it any wonder care homes…
England & Wales, Scotland
How are you doing today? Gathering the lived experience of poverty in a socially distant world
Rebecca Spillane, National Co-ordinator for the Local Child Poverty Action Reports, at the Improvement Service writes about continuing engagement with vulnerable groups amid pandemic lockdown.
Scotland
Leaving the Committee of the Regions, not Europe
Brexit means that UK local government will have no place on the Committee of the Regions; but, writes Janet Sillett, links to European counterparts remain crucial and the subsidiarity principle must be upheld in a post-Brexit UK.
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post
Local government listens
LGiU Fortnightly is two years old, it’s time to tell us what you think via our listener survey. We also share some of our favourite local government-related podcasts – that aren’t us, of course.
England & Wales, Global Blog Post
Welcome to the twenties
Jonathan Carr-West’s latest column in The Municipal Journal.
England & Wales, Global Blog Post
LGiU Fortnightly 24 January: Devo 2.0 and lessons from Australia
Devo is back but what might it look like this time around? Jonathan and Andrew read the tea leaves. And Ingrid spoke with Luke Nicholls from SGS, our partner organisation in Australia, about local government’s role tackling the devastating recent bushfires.
Australia, England & Wales, Global Podcast
NHS & Third Sector: Working Together for New Parents
Kirsty Nicholls of Fathers Network Scotland writes on the mental health difficulties of parents and the role of third sector organisations in addressing them, covering some of the support services available to parents in addition to explaining why collaboration between service providers can be vital.
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post
Getting Brexit done: the end of the beginning
The real Brexit work may be only just starting. And as Janet Sillett writes there is a great deal at stake for local government.
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post
LGiU Fortnightly 10 January: Unfinished business for a new decade and a new government
It’s a new year, a new decade and a new government, but there’s still a lot of unfinished business from the last. We look over some of the big ideas LGiU has promoted over the last ten years and that we still think need addressing as well as highlighting some of our top content from…
England & Wales, Global Podcast
Shared Lives are winning lives
Lesley Stevenson explains the work of Shared Lives, a cost-effective and highly-personalised alternative to residential care where an adult who needs support is matched with an approved, self-employed carer, and either visits them for day support or short breaks, or moves in with them, sharing family and community life.
England & Wales, Global, Scotland Blog Post
Valencia: flood adaptation and active populations
Ingrid Koehler found Valencia, Spain a cycle friendly city that had turned flooding disaster into cultural, sporting and transport opportunity.
Australia, England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Blog Post