Articles by Richard Stokoe
Waging war on lies
By Richard Stokoe | 20 August 2024
Tackling disinformation needs effort by the public sector, and for councils this means working in...
Unitaries are not an everywhere panacea
By Richard Stokoe | 04 October 2022
Based on his experience of living in Cornwall, Richard Stokoe concludes the current rural unitary...
Time to ditch the Assembly
By Richard Stokoe | 30 June 2021
After 21 years, Richard Stokoe argues that the London Assembly is failing in its duty to hold the...
11 steps to ensuring outstanding internal comms
By Richard Stokoe | 14 April 2020
The importance to councils of outstanding internal communications cannot be underestimated during...
A nine-point guide to COVID-19 crisis communications
By Richard Stokoe | 31 March 2020
Communications has often been seen as a luxury, says Richard Stokoe – but this time it is ‘at the...
The trouble with social policy 'evidence'
By Richard Stokoe | 13 March 2019
In making the case for more cash to improve public health based on its ‘evidence of what works’, ...
Dealing with disaster
By Richard Stokoe | 04 July 2017
Disaster management expert Richard Stokoe considers what went wrong in Kensington & Chelsea after...
Disaster planning in a brave new world
By Richard Stokoe | 01 July 2015
New technologies are rapidly changing the nature of disaster management and local authorities mus...
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