Opinion The MJ
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A campaign to dispel some of the myths about local government
June 18, 2019
Unison has launched a campaign this week to celebrate the work of council staff. General secretary Dave Prentis explains why.
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Free meals in the school holidays to relieve the inequalities burden
June 17, 2019
Leader of South Tyneside Council Iain Malcolm says free meals will be provided across the borough for three days during the middle weeks of the school summer holidays.
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What can local authorities learn from the local industrial strategies signed so far?
June 17, 2019
Last week Manchester Combined Authority backed by local public and private sector leaders agreed England’s second local industrial strategy (LIS). Adam Cunnington says local government is central to this process
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Digital transformation must be based on a clear strategy for change
June 17, 2019
David Newell says if the UK, and health and care services across the world, fail to adopt new technology-enabled models of care provision, current services will become even more unaffordable and unsustainable
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Robots and Risk – what could possibly go wrong?
June 17, 2019
David Forster says that while remarkable 4th Industrial Revolution projects offer opportunities to reshape service provision, managing risk in the age of machines will be the next big challenge for risk managers and heads of governance.
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Regeneration schemes need to be about more than bricks and mortar
June 14, 2019
Damian White outlines how Havering Council's joint venture housing regeneration scheme for 3,000 new homes will deliver social value through increased investment in local SMEs, education, training and skills.
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A crackdown on sexism is the first step towards equality
June 14, 2019
For a senior woman in local government to be subjected to comments about her 'good breeding hips' is appalling, says Heather Jameson - and 'let's not even get started on BAME representation'.
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Driving ahead with digitisation
June 14, 2019
A digital transformation programme has led to identified savings of more than £580,000 over 10 years at Craven DC, says Paul Shevlin.
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It’s our time to step up
June 13, 2019
Donna Hall asks what local government and other public services can do to ‘glue society back together in our localities’ in the ‘complete absence of national social policy’.
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The time to act is now
June 13, 2019
The volume is going to continuously increase on the climate change public policy agenda, according to Paul O'Brien - and local government could and should lead the way.
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A searchlight is shone on the shoddy treatment of leaseholders
June 13, 2019
Paul Wheeler says the 'whole sorry saga' of the removal of potentially lethal cladding has shone a long overdue searchlight on the appalling treatment of leaseholders by the major housebuilders.
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The art of budgeting
June 13, 2019
We need to know what extra money we are going to get in the Spending Review, not just a continuation of funding streams such as the Improved Better Care Fund (IBCF), says Tony Kirkham.
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