Budgeting decisions
During the budget-setting period, county leaders and their cabinet colleagues debate some of the most difficult choices they make all year.
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Cupcakes and community cohesion
Community connection, cohesion and loneliness are high on the public agenda, making it critical to bring people together informally.
Improving building safety
More than two and a half years after 72 people lost their lives, the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has started its second phase, looking at how the building came to be covered in flammable cladding during its refurbishment.
Labour at a crossroads
Our party is at a crossroads, and the result of the leadership election will determine whether Labour aspires to be a serious party of government again.
Support for new ‘local’ MPs
“The election of so many new MPs who were councillors provides a unique opportunity to build relationships”
Certainty needed on public health funding
“The ad-hoc, short-termist way national government announces funding for local services makes it impossible to plan ahead”
Best practice on the climate emergency
“Many councils are already rewriting local plans, challenging the rate and types of housing built”