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Lambeth faces £8m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 04 October 2021

Unrealised savings and overspends in children’s services and homelessness have all contributed to...

Watchdog criticises council's slow pace of improvement

By Martin Ford | 04 October 2021

Audit Scotland found South Ayrshire Council had ‘made limited progress on key aspects of Best Val...

Chief executive calls time on 48-year local government career

By Martin Ford | 04 October 2021

Colchester BC chief executive, Adrian Pritchard, has announced he will retire in March.

Three councils to share chief executive

By Martin Ford | 04 October 2021

Three councils are to share a single leadership team and chief executive.

Watchdog warns East Dunbartonshire on housing

By Martin Ford | 01 October 2021

The Accounts Commission said the council was well led overall, but raised concerns over the poor ...

Bristol seeks help over 'worrying' schools deficit

By Martin Ford | 01 October 2021

The council has approached the Government for support with a deficit in its schools budget.

Future Forum: Councils, not Whitehall, are leaders of place

By Martin Ford | 30 September 2021

Civil service ‘heads of place’ should not supplant councillors, Local Government Association (LGA...

Future Forum: Government decarbonisation 'barriers' to fall

By Martin Ford | 30 September 2021

Next month’s COP26 climate change conference could be a watershed moment for the energy sector, a...

Future Forum: Call to replace transactional with relational

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2021

A forthcoming report by the Demos think-tank advocates moving from ‘transactional’ to ‘relational...

Future Forum: Warning over integration 'diversion'

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2021

Reforms aimed at further integrating health and care should not distract from delivering services...