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John Tizard

John Tizard is an advisor and commentator on public policy and public services

Articles by John Tizard

Telling the whole place story

By David Walker | 13 July 2021

A Fabian pamphlet calls on Labour to commit to a new Place Audit Office (PAO) within the National...

I have a dream (about local government)

By John Tizard | 05 May 2021

Greater powers, more devolution and a fundamental review of local finances have been promised to ...

Genuine community power derives from and requires a strong state

By John Tizard | 16 December 2020

The voluntary and community sector (VCS) should never allow itself to become a surrogate for coun...

Nurturing a close community partnership

By John Tizard | 21 October 2020

Community solidarity and social activism should not be seen as a willingness by the voluntary and...

Making 'green' core to every policy and activity

By John Tizard | 08 July 2020

Davy Jones and John Tizard present a plan for nurturing greener accessible places in ways that ar...

Councils must challenge Government fearlessly for pandemic cash

By John Tizard | 05 June 2020

Local government needs to reach out to others to support a campaign for Government to meet its du...

Shaping the future after the pandemic

By John Tizard | 21 April 2020

John Tizard argues that during this emergency the sector has stepped up – and the COVID-19 crisis...

A wealth of benefits

By John Tizard | 15 January 2020

Community Wealth Building is too commonly seen as ‘local procurement’, but this seriously misses ...

Social action - core to community wellbeing

By John Tizard | 24 September 2019

John Tizard explains how local authorities can rebuild and transform relations with the voluntary...

Local government must surely be up for a shift to insourcing

By John Tizard | 22 July 2019

Labour has published a plan for ‘21st century insourcing’. John Tizard says the party is 'not sim...