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FINANCE
Devon decision-making 'driven by officers'
By Martin Ford | 28 April 2023
Decision-making at Conservative-led Devon CC is ‘driven by officers,’ a senior councillor has cla...
WHITEHALL
Improvement means accepting there is a problem
By Heather Jameson | 25 April 2023
Birmingham City Council is, it would seem, a regular victim of unfortunate events, writes editor ...
WHITEHALL
Warning against 'knee-jerk reaction' over Oflog plans
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Heather Jameson | 25 April 2023
Local government finance expert Rob Whiteman has urged the sector to ‘not be defensive’ as minist...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Frank on growth in South Derbyshire
By Ann McGauran | 25 April 2023
Frank McArdle has retired after 23 years at the helm of South Derbyshire DC. Ann McGauran talked ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Stand up for your rights
By Michael Burton | 25 April 2023
The downfall of Dominic Raab should give senior council officers reason to revisit their own rule...
FINANCE
'It's all to play for'
By Martin Ford | 24 April 2023
Cornwall Council has seen the collapse of its level three devolution deal. Martin Ford talks to s...
COUNCILLORS
Avoiding a 'make it so' mentality
24 April 2023
The MJ’s series of articles on avoiding organisational failure continues with a look at the impor...
FINANCE
Council to review governance failures
By Martin Ford | 19 April 2023
Devon CC is to embark on a governance review in a bid to tackle ‘serious, material, well-evidence...
LEGAL
Let's go legal
By Ben Cox | 18 April 2023
Penna’s Ben Cox outlines the findings from a panel in which the group looked at the ever increasi...
SOLACE
Lessons on leadership and governance
By Professor Catherine Staite | 18 April 2023
Paul Dossett and Professor Catherine Staite consider what can be learned from the varied and comp...
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