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Future Forum Midlands: Test, learn and grow to enter new phase
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Future Forum Midlands: Test, learn and grow to enter new phase

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025

The Government is preparing to share learning from the test, learn and grow programme, The MJ’s Future Forum Midlands has heard.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Mobilising the power of local government, universities and businesses to deliver growth

By Jon Pickstone | 01 September 2025

Jon Pickstone looks at the importance of local government’s role working in partnership with univ...

INNOVATION

Council buys rail transport operator

By Dan Peters | 22 August 2025

Dudley Council has bought the operators of Coventry’s fledgling rail transport system.

HR

Why the four-day week works for South Cambridgeshire

By Cllr Bridget Smith | 13 August 2025

Cllr Bridget Smith says South Cambridgeshire’s four-day week improved service delivery, staff wel...

INNOVATION

Looking for the evidence

By Ravi Gurumurthy | 06 August 2025

Local government should look to inject scientific rigour into new innovations, says Ravi Gurumurthy.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Economic development needs to be a central driver of reorganisation

By Caroline Green | 22 July 2025

Reorganisation is a rare chance to realign governance with how economies actually function, says ...

GOVERNMENT

Nine councils set to receive Government 'innovation squads'

By Paul Marinko | 16 July 2025

Nine councils set to receive ‘innovation squads’ as part of the Government’s ‘test, learn and gro...

LEADERSHIP

The truth about real leadership

By Pam Parkes | 09 July 2025

Meeting today’s challenges demands the same ambitious civic leadership as the last great age of m...

POLICY

Experts call for slice of AI cash

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025

Councils should get a share of the £2bn announced for artificial intelligence (AI) in the Spendin...

TRANSFORMATION

A council on a mission

By Cllr Lisa Evans | 02 July 2025

Mission-based working is transforming Stockton-on-Tees by empowering communities and driving chan...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Frame the problem to design the solution

By Barry Quirk CBE | 03 June 2025

Barry Quirk applauds the Government’s focus on radical innovation, but says defining the issue to...

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