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Barry Quirk is chief executive of Lewisham LBC

Barry Quirk offers his perspective on the build-up to the election of America’s President, and as...

Barry Quirk looks at the lessons from recent books about the state of Britain, including the chan...

Barry Quirk welcomes a new report that argues local government should be equipped to deliver, sta...

Councils are designed primarily to achieve ‘economies of scope’ not economies of scale – and bigg...

Gavin Jones, chief executive of Essex CC, discusses leadership, learning, and the right time and ...

Barry Quirk as he assesses the importance of place for individuals, communities, cities, nations ...

Local government is struggling to achieve gender parity in top roles. Yet Lewisham LBC is bucking...

With the public rejecting the experts and emotion winning over reason, Barry Quirk explains the i...

Barry Quirk says the new code of ethics set out by SOLACE needs to be accepted by all in local go...

Barry Quirk applies the Fibonacci sequence to addressing the delicate balance between cost-cuttin...