The latest articles written by Mo Baines

BUSINESS

Is it time for insourcing by default?

By Mo Baines | 12 June 2023

Is it time for a new era of public service value? Mo Baines looks at the value of insourcing and ...

ELECTIONS

Officers' skills will be tested post-elections

By Mo Baines | 16 May 2023

Mo Baines says 'as most horse-trading nears to an end, in those councils left with no overall con...

DATA

Oflog is likely to keep meeting serious opposition

By Mo Baines | 21 March 2023

The fear within the Oflog proposals is that this will become just another box-ticking exercise - ...

BUSINESS

Give councils the core role in local public accounts committees

By Mo Baines | 25 January 2023

If the aims of the Public Procurement Bill are to become a reality, isn't it time to give local ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Can Rishi be a 'zero hero'?

By Mo Baines | 08 November 2022

The upcoming Autumn Statement will give new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a golden chance to sow the...

PLANNING

A Queen's Speech without jewels

By Mo Baines | 18 May 2022

Councils are at the forefront of demand when people pushed into poverty seek their support, write...

THIRD SECTOR

Social value must not be a tick box exercise

By Mo Baines | 08 March 2022

Mo Baines says councils should not simply apply the principles of the Social Value Act to outsour...

LEISURE

Gove's suggestion on non-statutory services won't work

By Mo Baines | 04 February 2022

Michael Gove recently said councils could drop some non-statutory services – but these are the es...

ENVIRONMENT

Good Cop or Bad Cop?

By Mo Baines | 16 November 2021

Financial predators may already be circling in answer to the question of where local government’s...

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