Call for alternatives to business rates
Before Parliament was dissolved for the General Election, the influential Treasury Select Committee published a wide-ranging report on the system of business rates in England and Wales.
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Parents under pressure
Child-to-parent violence can occur in any family anywhere, but parents are often too ashamed to seek help.
Park life
Involving the community has helped create a country park shortlisted for a national award.
Local enterprise
Combining a strategic location with public and private investment and the story of a real place has helped create jobs and bring derelict land back into use.
Grow your own managers
The National Graduate Development Programme is helping councils nurture the talent they need to develop the next generation of inspiring managers.
Delivering on sustainability
Bristol has been reviewing its progress against the United Nation’s sustainable development goals and has produced a handbook to help other councils with the process.