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REORGANISATION
Challenging the LGR wisdom
By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2026
As local government faces the next round of reorganisation, Dorset Council chief Catherine Howe challenges the assumption that only county-scale leaders can run a unitary. Heather Jameson reports.
LEADERSHIP
A system for success
By Heather Jameson | 23 December 2025
Luton Council’s bold 2040 vision prioritises jobs, homes and safety. Heather Jameson talks to chi...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Moving from place-based budget pilots to mainstream practice
By Dr Simon Kaye | 16 December 2025
The Treasury must back real place-based budgets – not just another Red Book annex, warns Dr Simon...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation lessons
By Ann McGauran | 10 December 2025
As the current reorganisation wave begins, what insights are on offer from leaders who have alrea...
FINANCE
Prevention, people and the future of public services in Wales
By Joanne Pitt | 05 December 2025
The idea of prevention being both necessary and achievable became a thread that ran through the ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted to drop headline 'one word' judgement for children's services inspections
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Ofsted has confirmed plans to change inspections of local authorities’ children’s services (ILACS...
NCASC
Counting care costs
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Councils continue to face steep rises in the cost of care in both children and adult services. As...
SOCIAL CARE
Beating the Budget: System-led sustainability for social care
By Amy Long | 24 November 2025
Amy Long looks at finding the levers that adults and children’s services can use to build future-...
PREVENTION
For the first time, prevention can be mapped and measured
By Iain Murray | 24 November 2025
By mapping spend, finance and service teams can build a shared understanding of what prevention l...
LIBRARIES
Counting the measurable impact of libraries
By James Pearson | 20 November 2025
James Pearson explains how the South East regional network of Libraries Connected used Treasury-a...
PREVENTION
Prevention and innovation: Securing adult social care's future
By Cllr Dr Wendy Taylor MBE | 11 November 2025
Chair of the LGA’s Health and Wellbeing Committee Cllr Dr Wendy Taylor MBE says the message from ...
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We do not settle for the status quo. Apply for this job
Service Director - Highways
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As part of the council’s leadership team, you will lead specialist technical services Apply for this job
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Our Vision for 2034 is that Calderdale will be an enterprising place, full of opportunity, where we can all live a larger life. Apply for this job
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