Articles by John O'Brien
Hearing survivors' voices loud and clear
By John O'Brien | 07 June 2022
With the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse due to be published later this year, we must...
Creating a coherent framework for the residual COVID challenges
By John O’Brien | 09 March 2021
Councils' voice in, for example, the discussion about the future organisation of public health ne...
The answers cannot wait for long
By John O’Brien | 12 January 2021
If local government is to play the vital role required in the recovery of places and communities,...
Stay focused on the longer-term climate ambitions
By John O’Brien | 28 October 2020
Remaining focused on the longer-term climate ambitions can be challenging, says John O'Brien - 'b...
The complexity conundrum
By John O’Brien | 30 August 2020
John O'Brien says there must be some clear line of sight from the Government on the role of the s...
Let's hold on to what we've learned
By John O’Brien | 07 July 2020
John O'Brien says that for 'all of the enormous and well documented challenges, people at the loc...
Can councils convene local systems to develop resilience against future shocks?
By John O’Brien | 13 May 2020
In the very near term there are enormous challenges in London, not least of the capacity of publi...
Let's have no shortsightedness about the scale of the COVID-19 challenge
By John O’Brien | 18 March 2020
In rising to the challenge thrust upon us by COVID-19 some of what we are likely to be tasked wit...
Learning from two different governance systems
By John O’ Brien | 21 January 2020
With elections looming in 2020, it is a topical moment to think about what we can learn from the ...
That complex conversation with business
By John O’Brien | 06 November 2019
The support of the business voice in helping secure some of 'our more ambitious asks around fisca...
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