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Director of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

Graeme McDonald says the sector's investment in people has a way to travel to get back to the lev...

The media has been full of negative stories about local government, says Graeme McDonald. A more...

We should all recognise the need to improve standards in public life more broadly, not least as l...

Giving councils statutory powers over economic development alongside the right funding would brin...

With many councils set for 'another set of politically volatile elections', Graeme McDonald turns...

Too often, recruitment specifications are narrowly focused on local government achievements, says...

There is no silver bullet that will solve local government’s workforce challenges but thinking sm...

Delays in financial settlements and an absence of multi-year settlements have some very real cost...

Those present at the Solace Summit in Birmingham relayed a sense of remarkable resilience in the ...

The appointment of a new Government presents an opportunity to refocus and set higher expectation...