Councillors

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 November 2014

The Welsh public services minister has warned that councils must reflect the people they serve as...

FINANCE

Crisis commissioners?

By Stephen Hughes | 21 November 2014

The recent Tower Hamlets intervention underlines the importance of statutory officer posts and re...

HEALTH

Great Expectations

By Dr Jane Martin | 20 November 2014

Local Government Ombudsman, Dr Jane Martin, explains the power of people input in developing a ne...

DCLG

Call for right to eject problem councillors

By Mark Conrad | 18 November 2014

Leaders at Wigan MBC have called for powers to force by-elections in order to kick-out troublesom...

DCLG

Rahman supporters defend mayor against 'takeover'

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2014

Respect MP George Galloway has defended besieged Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman at a rally in ...

HEALTH

Playing it safe?

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Dan Peters reports from a recent round table in which chief executives weighed up the biggest imp...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Reworking the vision thing

By Nicola Bulbeck | 11 November 2014

Nicola Bulbeck explains how Teingbridge staff helped build a shared common vision to uphold the d...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Solitaire is not an option

By Raffaela Goodby | 27 October 2014

A new era of local government is coming, suggests Raffaela Goodby, and a major rethink in our use...

LEGAL

Commissioning oversights

By Philip Thomson | 27 October 2014

Barnet and Harrow's joint legal service is an example that in-house skills must be retained in co...

Viking talk

By Andrew Muter | 27 October 2014

SOLACE could do worse than take inspiration from the ethical code of the Norsemen to embed local ...

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