When an  inspector calls
REGULATION

When an inspector calls

By Angela Holden | 20 December 2024

Angela Holden looks at the emerging findings from the first social housing inspection judgements and sets out what can be done to improve the quality of social housing in the long-term.

AI

AI for the People: A brighter future for public service delivery in 2025

By Martin Neale | 04 December 2024

Martin Neale says AI is poised to make a significant impact on the public sector, but he cautions...

TRANSFORMATION

Why southern comfort requires R&R

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2024

Restoring strategic capacity for long-term resilience will be vital to the twin pillars of public...

FINANCE

Renewing and reforming local governance

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2024

The case for reforming and renewing local financial governance must be made with long-term resili...

LEGAL

Thurrock v APSE: A tale of two sides

By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024

As Thurrock Council fights to get its finances back in order it has filed a High Court claim agai...

FINANCE

Fixing councils' financial distress

By Andy Pike | 20 November 2024

Andy Pike and Jack Shaw examine the reasons for local authorities’ financial challenges, and say ...

FINANCE

The level of general fund reserve is sacrosanct

By By Tracie Langley | 13 November 2024

Tracie Langley says she is 'glad my final budget has made it over the line with the general fund ...

GOVERNANCE

The measure of success is a shift in how councillors are viewed

By By Mo Baines | 06 November 2024

Many across the sector have welcomed the announcement of proposals to review the standards regime...

GOVERNANCE

Grant Thornton report: Woking's historic governance arrangements 'wholly inadequate'

By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2024

A public interest report into debt-stricken Woking BC has concluded the borough’s governance arra...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Rebuilding the state

By Barry Quirk | 30 October 2024

Barry Quirk looks at the lessons from recent books about the state of Britain, including the chan...

GOVERNANCE

A Hillsborough law: will a duty of candour work?

By Kate Wallett | 19 September 2024

A duty of candour is long overdue and welcome, but for it to be fully effective it’s crucial to t...

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