New for LGS@50: in 'Making a difference? Attracting new generations into local government'
@catherinemangan.bsky.social @catherineneedham.bsky.social
@drdavemckenna.bsky.social &
Jason Lowther show how public services need more transformational & relational work doi.org/10.1080/0300...

When is a law not a law? And why does that matter to long-term care? by Catherine Needham and Emily Burn When is a law not a law? When it gets passed into statute but never enacted. Lord Norton (a Conservative peer and expert on UK parliament) calls these cases ‘law…

When is a law not a law?
This new blog post from @catherineneedham.bsky.social and Emily Burn looks at non-enacted policy and long-term care funding in England
policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/01/22/w...

'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.

Local authorities say there were more than 1,500 children in 2023 for whom councils were paying over £500,000 a year to be placed in residential homes, with a lack of other options being the most common reason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Important article here by @guardianheather.bsky.social on a too often neglected #socialcare workforce issue:

Conference programme for UKAPA Conference 2024. Full programme available via link.

Here's the programme for the UK Association for Public Administration Conference #ukapa24

With @catherineneedham.bsky.social keynote and @paulcairney.bsky.social lecture.

Full programme: airdrive.eventsair.com/eventsairwes...

Yes please, thanks Angela!!