
Measuring councils’ performance, pension scheme changes and the levelling up bill
07/13/23 • 25 min
On the LGC news round up this week, host and deputy editor Martin George is joined by head of content, Kirsty Weakley and senior reporter, Megan Kenyon to discuss this week’s big local government headlines.
Tune in to hear analysis of the Office for Local Government’s new data explorer, changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, the Covid inquiry, the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill and how councils are starting to use threads.
If you like listening, don't forget to subscribe to the LGC News Round Up, leave us a review or share this episode. You can also tune in to LGC's in-depth podcast, The Local Authority.
Don't forget to subscribe, share or leave us a review! And check out more LGC content on our website www.lgcplus.com
On the LGC news round up this week, host and deputy editor Martin George is joined by head of content, Kirsty Weakley and senior reporter, Megan Kenyon to discuss this week’s big local government headlines.
Tune in to hear analysis of the Office for Local Government’s new data explorer, changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, the Covid inquiry, the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill and how councils are starting to use threads.
If you like listening, don't forget to subscribe to the LGC News Round Up, leave us a review or share this episode. You can also tune in to LGC's in-depth podcast, The Local Authority.
Don't forget to subscribe, share or leave us a review! And check out more LGC content on our website www.lgcplus.com
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