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Director of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

Writing in advance of the Queen's Speech, Graeme McDonald wondered if it would set up a new relat...

Over the last six months Graeme McDonald has been a commissioner on Tower Hamlets’ Black, Asian, ...

As a growing number of public sector leaders step down, Graeme McDonald urges local government to...

It is two years since the Committee for Standards in Public Life (CSPL) published its report, Loc...

Joanne Roney becomes the new president of Solace from 1 January. Graeme McDonald says that at the...

Those working in the sector will be pushing themselves to breaking point to get through a difficu...

It's all too easy to paint a bleak picture where local government professionals become the admini...

While one part of central government is local for reorganisation and modernisation, the other cut...

The pandemic has created opportunities for learning, renewal, and new, better responses, says Gra...

Graeme McDonald says we have some important decisions to make and a challenging new future to pla...