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firstonline
Introduction
Firstonline is the online version of the LGA's membership magazine 'first'. It will contain additional features in the coming months, such as blogs and breaking news stories. So watch this space as these pages develop.
Email first@local.gov.uk – if you have any queries, submissions or stories.
The ‘X' factor
09 February 2012
Talent-spotting tomorrow's local politicians can help ensure that councils are the best they can be, write Cllr Sir Merrick Cockell, Cllr Ann Lucas and Cllr Tim Pickstone, political champions for the LGA's ‘Be a councillor' campaign
Future thinking
09 February 2012
The changes facing local government are prompting debate
about the fundamental nature and purpose of the sector. The
Commission for the Future of Local Government is looking at
how to positively respond to these challenges via the concept
of ‘civic enterprise'.
News
Confidence knocked by solar tariffs row
09 February 2012
Local government confidence in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been undermined by the Government's rushed introduction of reduced Feed-in Tariffs for solar panels, the LGA has warned.
Features
Integrating care
09 February 2012
Only radical reform of how the public sector works can ensure that an ageing population receives the social care services it needs, writes Carolyn Downs
Opinion
Relocating Whitehall
09 February 2012
The argument for government and public sector relocation from London is not new. The 2004 Lyons Review presented a compelling case for shifting significant government and public sector activity out of the capital and into regions throughout the UK.
