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Mo Baines

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The measure of success is a shift in how councillors are viewed

By By Mo Baines | 06 November 2024

Many across the sector have welcomed the announcement of proposals to review the standards regime...

Public and private investment must both be in the chancellor's red box

By By Mo Baines | 12 September 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves won't have any more success with growth than her predecessors if she fai...

Time for a Duty of Public Value

By Mo Baines | 09 July 2024

An expansive ‘Duty of Public Value', as opposed to Best Value would allow decisions to be made th...

Fortifying local democracy

By Mo Baines | 03 June 2024

A new report points towards a failure from the perspective of councillors of devolution and local...

Genuine devolving RTB powers would signal some real devolution

By Mo Baines | 13 May 2024

Mo Baines says it is worth exploring how councils could be trusted with moratorium powers on RTB,...

Investment in neighbourhood services could be a crucial vote winner

By Mo Baines | 20 March 2024

'As we limp towards another General Election, we have yet to hear any comprehensive plans from ac...

Hollowed out local government sets off a downward spiral

By Mo Baines | 22 January 2024

'It is time to move the debate on from platitudes and tinkering with year-to-year budgets to the ...

Councils moved through crisis with warmth and grace

By Mo Baines | 08 November 2023

Local government’s regulatory decision-making framework may often be perceived by those outside o...

It is time for local government to call out unworkable pseudo-market systems

By Mo Baines | 13 September 2023

Writing on the RAAC debacle, Mo Baines says not so long ago the public estate was managed by loca...

Offering a toolkit for levelling up

By Mo Baines | 10 July 2023

A new report from APSE offers some stark findings on levelling up - and some solutions, says Mo B...