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Apprenticeships key to recruitment crisis

by Councillor Pete Marland

The right changes could help councils ‘grow their own’ workforce.

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Workforce worries

by Councillor Pete Marland

Without the right staff, councils cannot deliver for communities.

; photo of delegates and speaker David Phillips, also of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, at an LGA annual conference session on local government finance,

Under pressure

by Councillor Pete Marland

Councils in England face a funding gap of almost £3 billion.