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Kathy O'Leary

Kathy O'Leary

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SOLACE

We're determined to do the best that we can for our communities and places

By Kathy O'Leary | 19 October 2022

Kathy O'Leary says we are 'not short of ideas to swap and support to offer, sparking off each oth...

HOUSING

Maintaining services in the face of crises

By Kathy O’Leary | 30 August 2022

Greg Clark has asked councils to close loopholes to curtail risky income generation. Kathy O'Lear...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We need a more imaginative approach to local leadership

By Kathy O'Leary | 27 May 2022

District councils’ local knowledge and closeness to their communities could prove invaluable to l...

ENERGY

Reform would help more councils achieve their ambitious targets and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels

By Kathy O’Leary | 06 April 2022

The 2021 revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework missed the opportunity to remove exi...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Net zero ambitions yet to be levelled up

By Kathy O’Leary | 15 February 2022

The Levelling Up White Paper is a missed opportunity to put housing at the heart of the drive to ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pop a local present under the tree this Christmas

By Kathy O’Leary | 08 December 2021

With just 15 shopping days left until Christmas, Kathy O'Leary says her council has been asking r...

SOLACE

Mastering yourself is true power

By Kathy O’Leary | 20 October 2021

A debate at the recent Solace Summit reminded Kathy O'Leary that to effectively lead others, le...

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Time to review our history

By Kathy O’Leary | 31 August 2021

Following the toppling of slave trader Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol, Kathy O'Leary explains...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Advantage Stroud

By Kathy O’Leary | 13 July 2021

As the country - and the tennis - restarts after CIVID, Stroud DC chief executive Kathy O'Leary s...

CLIMATE CHANGE

We are getting warmer on climate change

By Kathy O’Leary | 26 May 2021

The Government needs to apply the same problem solving to climate change as it has to tackling th...

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