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? 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...

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:

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...