The new president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace) Robin Tuddenham took on the role just a couple of weeks after the transformational English Devolution White Paper was published. His two-year tenure will be set to a backdrop of flux, instability and opportunity. But his starting point is to build up his colleagues in potentially challenging times.
He tells The MJ: ‘The first thing I'm going to do is seek to amplify the voice of professional leadership in local government, to lift people's heads up and energise the sector.
