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JNC coroners management side circular to local authorities - pay and next steps

In our last circular issued on 12 June we gave a further update on the coroner’s pay bargaining situation. Since then, the Ministry of Justice has shared with us correspondence between the CSEW and the Lord Chancellor, David Lammy MP. With their permission we share that correspondence with you as an appendix to this circular.

System-wide care and health peer challenge

A new system wide care and health peer challenge has been developed with local stakeholders and national partners. This is the first time a peer challenge will have looked so robustly across the health and care landscape.

Early intervention and prevention

LGA Adult Social Care Efficiency Programme: the final report This report highlights transformational approaches taken by councils to improve outcomes

Commissioning

A list of commissioning resources for transformation.

Local government elections

Details of when different types of authorities are due to hold local elections and guidance on the pre-election period.

Productivity Experts programme

The LGA's Productivity Experts programme supports councils to make efficiency savings against a backdrop of decreasing funding and increasing demand for services.