Innovation

Latest Innovation

REORGANISATION

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 municipal delivery. Real change is cultural not cosmetic, says Pam Parkes.

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...

INNOVATION

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...

DEVOLUTION

McGuinness calls for devolution acceleration

By Joe Lepper | 23 May 2025

Labour’s North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has called on her Government to accelerate devolution by...

FINANCE

Councils operate in an adult social care system that needs fundamental reform

By Jon Rowney | 18 May 2025

When Dame Louise Casey’s commission on adult social care delivers its recommendations, two condit...

INNOVATION

Freeing people to think outside the box

By Rachael Shimmin | 15 May 2025

In Buckinghamshire, 'we are trying to foster a culture of innovation within the authority, motiva...

WHITEHALL

Gould: Test, Learn and Grow pilots having amazing results

By Ann McGauran | 02 May 2025

The Government’s Test, Learn and Grow pilots are already having ‘amazing results’ before money ha...

REORGANISATION

Delivering innovative services and reorganisation

By Paul Marinko | 30 April 2025

In an epoch-defining moment for local government, will reorganisation turbo charge innovation or ...

FINANCE

As leaders, we must lift our heads up

By By Rob Powell | 27 April 2025

'Whether thinking about reorganisation, working with health partners or responding to national an...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Innovation that delivers

By Alison Griffin | 23 April 2025

For a Government hungry for innovation that delivers, the boroughs and all councils have much to ...

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