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PEOPLE

New chief executive joins borough

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026

Andrew Donaldson has taken up the role of permanent chief executive at Halton BC this month.

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum: Councils urged to embrace Total Place

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026

Councils should seize the opportunity presented by ministers’ renewed interest in Total Place, ac...

WORKFORCE

Future Forum: Senior job opportunities on horizon

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026

Local government reorganisation offers job market ‘opportunities’ as well as challenges for senio...

REORGANISATION

Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026

Fears that ambitions to include transformation alongside local government reorganisation may not ...

DATA & DIGITAL

Rising to the cyber defence challenge

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026

The landscape of cyber defence for local government has been undergoing an evolution. Martin Ford...

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum: Warning against 'more of the same' post-reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 11 March 2026

Fundamental questions remain to be answered in the local government reorganisation process, The M...

ASYLUM

Council backlash over asylum reforms

By Martin Ford | 11 March 2026

The Government was this week accused of shifting the burden of supporting asylum seekers to counc...

ELECTIONS

Councils urged to tackle family voting

By Martin Ford | 10 March 2026

Councils have been challenged to focus on tackling family voting in May’s local elections.

AUDIT

Lords share doubts over Local Audit Office plans

By Martin Ford | 09 March 2026

Concerns have been raised in the House of Lords over the Government’s plans for a Local Audit Off...

ASYLUM

Epping Forest DC challenges High Court on Bell Hotel ruling

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2026

Epping Forest DC has returned to court in an attempt to secure an injunction against the use of t...

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