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Upcoming Events
NLGN Launch Event: Time to Waste? Tackling the landfill challenge

(29 May)

Expanding Apprenticeships: Examining Latest Policy and Delivering Best Practice Strategies
(19 June)

NLGN Launch Event at the CiH Annual Conference

(19 June)

NLGN Fringe seminar at LGA Annual Conference: Devolve or Die? What is the future of public service delivery?

(1 July)

New report says that brave new thinking is needed on tackling the waste challenge

time-to-waste.jpgNew Report: NLGN research suggests household level waste incentives will be ineffective and counter-productive, but that braver decisions are required on waste disposal. Financial incentives, improved publicity and information, and a willingness to create energy-from-waste facilities will be key. Find out more
Councils should be given a central role in local policing
police110×110.jpgNLGN welcomes Government’s commitment to giving citizens a larger influence over local policing but urged that councils shoud be given a clear and powerful voice. Find out more
Town Hall exodus as 1/3 of council staff set to retire
Leading LightsNew Report: NLGN research warns that local councils may struggle to employ enough staff to run services over the next ten years as a third of its staff will retire. Find out more
NLGN calls for London Assembly to be scrapped
Glad to be GLANew Report: The GLA does not provide effective scrutiny of the London Mayor and should be scrapped according to an NLGN research paper. Find out more
Joint LGC-NLGN conference: Expanding Apprenticeships
apprenticeships.gif This event will offer practical guidance with case studies as to what strategies need to be put in place to increase the quality and quantity of apprenticeships. Find out more

 
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