Tenacity and fluid thinking
It has been a rewarding – albeit challenging – 10 months since I became Gloucester City Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Recovery and Growth.
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Kickstarting careers
Councils are backing a government scheme to boost learning and job opportunities for young people, and have suggested ways to maximise its effectiveness.
A responsibility to embrace all
LGBT+ History Month is a powerful reminder: being a gay woman has not always been easy. However, when I look back, I have been lucky to have a family and …
Spending Review 2020
The Chancellor’s statement offered councils some short-term financial certainty, but no long-term solutions to chronic problems such as adult social care.
Enforcing coronavirus regulations
Councils’ enforcement and compliance teams have been stretched thin in response to the pandemic.
A roadmap to recovery
Councils will continue to do all they can to support the Government’s plans for tackling COVID-19 and reducing restrictions.
Skills for the future
Apprentices have played a key role in local government’s response to the pandemic.
A terrible toll
As first was going to press, it was confirmed that more than 100,000 people across the country had died within 28 days of a COVID-19 test – just over a year since the first two official cases were recorded in the UK.