Innovation

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2019

Nottingham City Council expects to save an estimated £64,000 a year after it becomes the first lo...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Mean, nasty, brutish and short'

By Paul Wheeler | 24 July 2019

A recent reunion of the original cast of the late Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) has l...

FINANCE

Are reserves such a bad thing?

By Gary Fielding | 09 July 2019

The public naming of 11 councils deemed at risk of running out of cash reserves has thrown the sp...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Improvement model proposed for troubled Brum

By Heather Jameson | 08 July 2019

Troubled Birmingham City Council has come up with plans for a new improvement model in its latest...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Brum's Baxendale quits for New Zealand

By Heather Jameson | 08 July 2019

Birmingham City Council chief executive Dawn Baxendale is departing to take up a new post at Chri...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

ADCS conference: Children's services are in the red zone

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2019

Children’s services are in the ‘red zone’ and could be ‘overwhelmed’ next year in the event of a ...

MANAGEMENT

Building a shared movement of local government pioneers

By Jenni Lloyd | 01 July 2019

Nesta is bringing together a pilot group of senior council officers who will test out new operati...

DIGITAL

Improvement and innovation at your fingertips

By Dr Andrew Larner is chief executive of the Improvement & Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE), which supports public sector transformation | 05 June 2019

Dr Andrew Larner says iESE has developed an improvement and innovation model to support exchange ...

From customer experience to thriving community

By Dr Andrew Larner | 05 June 2019

A design approach is still important to maintain, but the design rules for a community-centric ap...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: New protocol to ease council tensions

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2019

A protocol encouraging best practice between councils will be drawn up by the Local Government As...

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