Michael Barrett
Searching for council superstars
The Local Government Association’s prestigious annual competition putting the sector’s top talent to the test – The Local Government Challenge – is set to return in 2022. Michael Barrett and Virginia Ponton set the scene.
Winning approach to summer learning loss
Michael Barrett outlines how Kent CC’s Rob Comber (above) faced off nine other candidates in the 10th year of the LG Challenge to become the overall winner – with a summer programme proposal to tackle the educational impact of child poverty
LG Challenge: Taking care of the community
Half way through the 2018 Local Government Association Challenge and the competition is heating up, with Team Vision in a 2-0 lead. Michael Barrett reports from Wiltshire.
