Articles by Ed Hammond
Time for a governance refresh
By Ed Hammond | 08 May 2019
May is a prime time to review governance - and this can be done by understanding and addressing ...
Open up to scrutiny
By Ed Hammond | 07 May 2019
For many councils scrutiny has failed to live up to its potential, says Ed Hammond. But he hopes...
Risk and commercialisation: Why scrutiny matters
By Ed Hammond | 01 February 2019
Early engagement and streamlining of scrutiny into commercialisation decisions will provide scrut...
Lessons from 'failure'
By Ed Hammond | 24 October 2018
In the context of Northamptonshire’s failure and warnings of other councils on the edge of collap...
The future governance of local enterprise partnerships
By Ed Hammond | 16 January 2017
Local enterprise partnerships are not democratic institutions but with responsibility for signifi...
Devolution's governance hurdle
By Ed Hammond | 02 June 2016
With ministers still harbouring serious concerns around devolution and governance, Ed Hammond say...
Devolution without transparency is pointless
By Ed Hammond | 22 October 2015
Trying to open up, and open out, the devolution process – making it more visible and vital to the...
Scrutiny has a role to play
By Ed Hammond | 31 October 2013
Welfare reform is one of the biggest of the big issues affecting local authorities at the moment.
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