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GOVERNANCE
Filling in the holes in local democracy
By Mel Stevens | 08 May 2025
Mel Stevens considers where the new democratic deficits will lie in the new local government land...
INTERVENTION
Ministerial envoys to be sent to Warrington
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025
A team of ministerial envoys are to be sent to Warrington BC amid doubts over the council’s ‘will...
GOVERNANCE
A bite-sized approach to FOI
By Deborah Clark | 07 May 2025
Deborah Clark outlines the latest tools aimed at cutting the inappropriate use of exemptions in F...
HOUSING
Housing: The new consumer gradings have been a challenge
By Julian Paine | 28 April 2025
Julian Paine says that although housing is getting more airtime, councils are still trying to fi...
REORGANISATION
Prioritising financial probity in a time of flux
By Amardeep Gill | 17 April 2025
Audit, government and scrutiny must be reformed and renewed alongside reorganisation or the risk ...
REORGANISATION
The six challenging Cs
By Michael Coughlin | 16 April 2025
As councils start grappling with the practicalities of local government reorganisation, Michael C...
GOVERNANCE
Concern over 'procrastination culture' at Southampton
By Martin Ford | 10 April 2025
A ‘procrastination culture’ is holding back progress at Southampton City Council, a new report ha...
DEVOLUTION
London devo isn't done and reorganisation has a way to go
By Heather Jameson | 10 April 2025
Just 25 years on from establishing the London devolution deal, it is vastly out of date, says Hea...
LEADERSHIP
Rethinking the golden triangle
By Pam Parkes | 09 April 2025
As delegates gather in Manchester for the Public Services People Managers’ Association conference...
COMMUNITIES
Going hyperlocal
By Dr Simon Kaye | 07 April 2025
The renaissance of the neighbourhood requires help to build the structures that will let them thr...
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