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Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers is chief executive of Birmingham City Council and chair of SOLACE

Articles by Mark Rogers

Second-hand daylight

By Mark Rogers | 05 October 2016

Mark Rogers reflects on his busy three years as SOLACE president and passes on some crucial lesso...

Curing the health crisis

By Mark Rogers | 21 September 2016

Mark Rogers makes his plea to Government over the future of STPs and the role social care must p...

Stick your input in, your output out

By Mark Rogers | 17 August 2016

Birmingham City Council's chief executive Mark Rogers says local government can learn from Half M...

Tale as old as time

By Mark Rogers | 20 July 2016

The referendum shows we need something new from our leaders and storytelling could be crucial to ...

Up the hill backwards

By Mark Rogers | 21 June 2016

Mark Rogers says local government must now focus on prevention, help and independence for citizen...

A journey of progress

By Mark Rogers | 02 June 2016

Following the announcement that control of Birmingham’s children’s services could be transferred ...

Reading the small print

By Mark Rogers | 25 May 2016

Mark Rogers gives his view on the Queen's Speech and considers hints at another devolution drive ...

Give us everything

By Mark Rogers | 12 April 2016

Mark Rogers says what local government really needs is commitment to devolution across Westminster

A lesson for us all

By Mark Rogers | 01 March 2016

Mark Rogers explains how a speech he gave to graduates helped him reflect on the public service v...

Taking stock of the year

By Mark Rogers | 22 December 2015

Mark Rogers reflects how his local government year has transformed the way he works as a chief ex...