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Jessica Studdert

Articles by Jessica Studdert

Councils must recognise the threat to locally delivered social care

By Jessica Studdert | 05 October 2021

The local government sector, and the bodies which represent it, need to switch from a stance that...

Let's fix our connectivity dysfunction

By Jessica Studdert | 30 September 2020

The Government is used to operating in broadcast mode rather than engaging in ongoing dialogue wi...

Finance that's fit for the future

By Jessica Studdert | 10 August 2020

If we had a more mature central and local governance relationship we could consider a more enduri...

Culture shock: creating a changemaking culture

By Adam Lent | 14 February 2018

Adam Lent and Jessica Studdert introduce four case studies of councils beginning to benefit from ...

Three reasons why the Industrial Strategy is shortsighted

By Jessica Studdert | 27 November 2017

Jessica Studdert says the message to local government in today's Industrial Strategy white paper ...

Governance for the 21st century

By Jessica Studdert | 06 June 2017

To avoid being buffeted by national inaction, local government now needs to grow a clearer model ...

Firm foundations

By Jessica Studdert | 01 February 2017

Jessica Studdert breaks down the Government’s recent Building our Industrial Strategy green paper...

Time for dynamic devolution

By Jessica Studdert | 13 July 2016

If devolution is to deliver resiliant locations, it must now shift its focus towards localising t...

A capital lesson on health

By Sarah Stopforth | 16 December 2015

After George Osborne announced a string of integrated care pilots in London, a timely report from...