Time to think harder about AI

By Michael Bracey | 03 November 2023

As dignitaries depart from the Prime Minister’s AI summit in Bletchley Park, Michael Bracey refle...

Health and care integration: high time to get the plans off the page

By Michael Bracey | 17 May 2023

Half a century on and the bold vision for a ‘pioneering health service’ in the plan for the new c...

Video conferencing has boosted partnership working

By Michael Bracey | 20 July 2020

Use of video conferencing is helping local councils to achieve more, and the convenience factor i...

It's time to break down that fourth wall

By Michael Bracey | 02 January 2020

Michael Bracey says it is ‘very welcome to see an inspectorate being really clear about the impac...

We need a new vision for youth services

By Michael Bracey | 13 December 2017

With the launch of the LGA’s new youth services plan, Michael Bracey feels that leaning towards a...

We don't pay homecare workers enough

By Michael Bracey | 13 November 2017

Michael Bracey argues the sector needs to look again at how much it is prepared to pay for homeca...

Back to school: Give councils the powers they need

By Michael Bracey | 13 September 2017

Place-based school planning and decision-making powers are currently not strong enough, argues Mi...