INTERVENTION

Liverpool strides to walk alone

By Heather Jameson | 18 December 2024

The leader and chief executive of Liverpool City Council talk to Heather Jameson about the author...

LEADERSHIP

Should they stay or go?

By Blair McPherson | 17 December 2024

It’s understandable that a long serving CE would want to protect their legacy and leave on a high...

LEADERSHIP

Future Forum North: Values should start at top

By Martin Ford | 06 December 2024

MJ AWARDS

Reluctant chief who became a winner

By Michael Burton | 05 December 2024

Maxine O’Mahony, winner of The MJ’s Achievement Awards 2024 chief executive of the Year award, in...

LEADERSHIP

Regeneration: The revival of the municipal architect

By Holly Lewis | 03 December 2024

Holly Lewis takes a look at the role of the modern town or city architect and, learning lessons o...

REORGANISATION

Bright dawn for reform

By Greg Clark | 03 December 2024

Greg Clark sees a ‘positive and exciting’ future for local government as reorganisation looms on ...

DEVOLUTION

Elected mayor 'stumbling block' warning

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024

Ministers’ insistence on a directly-elected mayor for areas seeking fresh powers is ‘fast appeari...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Local leaders are powering up for a revolution

By Christopher Hammond | 20 November 2024

A century on from the first electricity revolution, Christopher Hammond hopes the launch of a new...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Place does not forget

By By Claire Spencer | 19 November 2024

Claire Spencer writes: 'When your place becomes a decades-long record of being failed and forgott...

LEADERSHIP

Can local authorities thrive on chaos?

By Blair McPherson | 11 November 2024

A council that wants to be an organisation that thrives on chaos needs a different type of chief ...