Has localism taken root in London?
Centre for London’s new publication examines the role of neighbourhoods in shaping that city. Joe Wills explains.
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LGiU England & CCLA Cllr Achievement Awards 2019 – the winners!
We run through the events and winners of LGiU & CCLA’s Cllr Achievement Awards 2019.
England & Wales
And they’re off – election issues 2019
Now that a general election has been called, LGiU is on election footing providing information and support to Members and Followers. Find out what’s on…
England & Wales, Scotland
Methil Care Village
David Heaney, Divisional General Manager with Fife Health and Social Care Partnership talks about Fife’s exciting new inter-generational service development.
Scotland
COSLA 2019: exploring the Scottish governance cycle.
This year’s COSLA conference assessed the impact on local government of 20 years of devolution to Holyrood and challenged councils to look ahead to the next 20 years. LGiU Scotland’s, Andy Johnston, was there.
Scotland
Understanding the ‘lived experience’ of poverty
There are 14.3 million people in the UK in poverty. Despite many policy initiatives by central and local government, the poverty rate has hardly changed since 2000. So what can be done to better understand poverty in the UK, asks Kerry Furguson and how should policy makers address it?
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post
Welcome to the new website
We tell you what’s new, what’s improved and what we have planned for the future.
Australia, England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Blog Post
LGiU Fortnightly 11th October – How are chief execs preparing for Brexit?
Hear about the results from our latest survey, in which we asked UK council chief executives all about how they’re planning for Brexit.
England & Wales Podcast
In Conversation With… Gerry McCartney, NHS Health Scotland
LGiU Scotland’s Kim Fellows is talking with Gerry McCartney from NHS Health Scotland, who is head of the Public Health Observatory.
Scotland Blog Post
Live issues in local government – LGiU at the party conferences
Party conference season is over for another year and much ink has been spilled over the headline announcements. However, LGiU used the conferences as an opportunity to catch up with our members, council leaders and policy-makers about their views on the challenges facing local government. We’ve been looking at how national policy announcements match up…
England & Wales Blog Post
Viewpoint: How data on bin collections helped improve health for people in Chorley
Dr Shashidhar Khandavalli tells us how he and colleagues linked people with frailty to data on people needing assisted bin collections.
England & Wales Blog Post
Coming soon – a new LGiU website
In a very short time, LGiU will be relaunching our website to make finding and receiving the information you need even easier. Just as many councils are re-examining their digital offer as citizens’ relationship with technology changes and expectations rise – we did the same thing. We asked our members what they needed, applied some…
England & Wales Blog Post
Building a movement: tackling cup waste from all angles
As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue, so too has the issue of waste and single-use disposable items. To mark No Disposable Cup Day, Georgina Massouraki, Campaigns Officer at Keep Scotland Beautiful, blogs about their Cup Movement campaign and the role local government can play.
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post