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GOVERNANCE
New professional body should give ministers pause for thought
By Paul Marinko | 06 November 2025
The news that a professional body for monitoring officers will be launched later this month will be welcomed across the sector.
REORGANISATION
Empowering communities within LGR: Lessons from Ireland
By Lisa McNally | 04 November 2025
Lisa McNally says that as significant local government reorganisation gets underway in England, t...
FINANCE
CFOs will need to maintain professional courage for the pre-LGR budget round
By Tracy Bingham | 30 October 2025
Finance and governance workstreams will be critical to transitioning to unitary councils, managin...
COMMUNITIES
Reimagining the local state: Power, trust and collaboration in the Community Paradigm
By Jessica Studdert | 30 October 2025
As trust in institutions declines, the local state has a unique opportunity to renew its relation...
AI
What is the baseline for an AI use policy?
By Iain Simmons | 27 October 2025
Iain Simmons sets out the minimum requirements for an effective AI use policy which can be adapte...
INTERVENTION
Bringing Birmingham back from the brink
16 October 2025
Rishi Shori sets out Birmingham City Council’s history of intervention and the three ingredients ...
DEVOLUTION
Avoiding the grey zone
By Adele Gritten | 15 October 2025
Adele Gritten says clarifying roles in England’s evolving governance landscape is crucial to avoi...
SOLACE
Solace: Sector is seeing 'signs of welcome action' from government
By Ann McGauran | 14 October 2025
Local government is witnessing ‘signs of welcome action’ from government ‘after years of feeling ...
DEVOLUTION
Modern city governance –New York style
By Professor Bruce Katz | 07 October 2025
Bruce Katz sets out four key lessons London and other cities can draw on from New York’s progress...
REORGANISATION
Ministers' question time
By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2025
Jonathan Carr-West looks at the reorganisation proposals submitted to the Government, and the que...
FINANCE
Shropshire 'a hair's breadth' from s114
By Martin Ford | 25 September 2025
Shropshire Council will have to rely on Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) to stave off a sectio...
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