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DIGITAL
The move to digital networks: preparing local authorities for a connected future
By Professor Sultan Mahmud | 29 October 2025
BT is working with local authorities across the UK to prepare for one of the most significant net...
COHESION
Community restoration
By Dan Peters | 28 October 2025
After last year’s horrific terror attack in Southport, Sefton Council has been working tirelessly...
TRANSFORMATION
Threading the needle of cheaper and better isn't about efficiency and automation
By Dr Catherine Howe | 22 October 2025
During this time of transformation, design of technology needs to be in lockstep with the design ...
COHESION
Flags, free speech and duty of care
By Pam Parkes | 21 October 2025
Pam Parkes says that in a polarised climate, issues of identity and belonging will continue to su...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Dorset is adapting to the needs of its older population
By Natalie Turner | 21 October 2025
Dorset Council has become the 100th Age-friendly Community and joined a growing network of places...
PRODUCTIVITY
Let outcomes not just effort be the measure of your council's legacy
By Tony Munton | 20 October 2025
As the sector awaits the finalisation of the Local Government Outcomes Framework, Tony Munton loo...
REORGANISATION
LGR could be what adult social care needs
By Cllr Daniel Cowan | 20 October 2025
Cllr Daniel Cowan says reorganisation offers an opportunity to reimagine adult social care, and a...
LIBRARIES
175 years after their creation, public libraries are still vital
By Isobel Hunter | 09 October 2025
This year marks 175 years of the Public Libraries Act. Isobel Hunter says that while we celebrate...
HOUSING
The unshakeable imperative: planting community and wellbeing into the DNA of new communities
By Johanne Thomas | 08 October 2025
Research by Coventry University is prompting a more conscious, evidence-based approach, allowing ...
REORGANISATION
Breckland is positioned for success
By Maxine O'Mahony | 07 October 2025
Maxine O'Mahony says that whatever the outcome of LGR in Norfolk, she is confident that the work ...
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- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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