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Can you see the change?
DEVOLUTION

Can you see the change?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 October 2026

Jonathan Carr-West outlines the role councils should play in a rewired state.

DEVOLUTION

Devolution's next challenge: Building capable places

By Thomas Johnson | 07 October 2026

Thomas Johnson looks at what Greater Manchester’s experience suggests about the next stage of dev...

HOMELESSNESS

Let's start with prevention

By Jack Shaw | 03 September 2026

Jack Shaw looks at how government can make homelessness prevention a whole-place responsibility a...

PLACE-MAKING

Why place matters: building a nuclear robotics future in Cumbria

By Kirsty Hewitson | 01 September 2026

Place-based investment can turn overlooked regions into national centres of innovation and growth...

DEVOLUTION

Putting innovation at the heart of devo

By Kathy Nothstine | 28 July 2026

Place-based innovation funds can help Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda deliver growth, better ser...

REORGANISATION

A generational chance to rethink digital government

By Martin Ford | 22 July 2026

As local government undergoes widespread reorganisation, Oracle and The MJ held a timely round ta...

LEADERSHIP

The restoration of hope within local government

By Blair McPherson | 20 July 2026

Blair McPherson looks at the emotional balance sheet of local government following continual roun...

SOCIAL HOUSING

Building digital foundations for social housing

By Lord Chris Holmes | 10 July 2026

Lord Chris Holmes looks at how AI and digital infrastructure can help social housing deliver safe...

FINANCE

Unai Emery's brilliance provides a great blueprint for local government finance leaders

By Rob Powell | 05 June 2026

Rob Powell says local government finance leaders have much to learn from Aston Villa's manager Un...

STRONGER THINGS

Stay the course on a Total Place race

By Anna Randle | 26 May 2026

It’s time to seize the opportunity of Total Place 2.0 to help bring about the public services we ...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey skips reorganisation redesign ahead of reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 20 May 2026

There is no time to redesign contracts in Surrey ahead of local government reorganisation, a coun...

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