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GOVERNANCE
Local government: Leading through testing times
By Ann McGauran | 21 October 2026
Natalie Brahma-Pearl and Stephen Gabriel talk to Ann McGauran about the challenges faced by global majority chief executives in a culture of increased political tensions and rising racism.
LEADERSHIP
Chiefs weigh up career costs of LGR pause
By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026
As council bosses gather in Liverpool for the Solace summit, those facing LGR have their own futu...
LEADERSHIP
Local government: The Next Leader Syndrome
By Blair McPherson | 19 October 2026
Leadership is not judged solely by the problems solved. It is also judged by the problems those a...
LEADERSHIP
Rewiring the State: Why collaborative leadership matters for local government
By Alison Whiteley | 16 October 2026
Collaborative leadership and cross-sector partnerships are essential to delivering better local p...
DEVOLUTION
What water reform can teach us about devolution
By Jessica Browne | 12 October 2026
Water reform provides a practical test of the wider devolution agenda, says Jessica Browne.
POLICY AND POLITICS
'A denial of democracy'
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...
SOLACE SUMMIT
Rewiring leadership
By Kim Wright | 08 October 2026
Writing ahead of the Solace Summit later this month, Robin Tuddenham and Kim Wright say harnessin...
WORKFORCE
LGR pause could leave local authority staff in a state of flux
By Matthew Gregson | 06 October 2026
Matthew Gregson says that amid the uncertainty around reorganisation, council leadership needs to...
AIR QUALITY
Breathing life into the air quality debate
By Daniel Grieve | 05 October 2026
Daniel Grieve says local action has cleaned England’s air, but councils now need funding and a fr...
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Riordan: My love for sector won't stop me telling local government if it needs to change
By Dan Peters | 01 October 2026
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) top mandarin has told officia...
PERFORMANCE
Local government: Simplifying council success
By Mark Fletcher-Brown | 30 September 2026
Mark Fletcher-Brown has designed a practical matrix for defining and measuring leadership success...
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