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Rewiring leadership
SOLACE SUMMIT

Rewiring leadership

By Kim Wright | 08 October 2026

Writing ahead of the Solace Summit later this month, Robin Tuddenham and Kim Wright say harnessing the potential of Rewiring the State requires leadership that goes past the traditional model of ac...

SOLACE

The human face of local government's challenges

By Heather Jameson | 22 October 2025

Last week’s Solace Summit in Leeds was a moment to catch breath and catch up with colleagues. It ...

REORGANISATION

SOLACE: Reorganisation work must start now

By Martin Ford | 17 October 2025

Councils have been urged to begin to ‘boring but practical' work on Local Government Reorganisati...

SOLACE

SOLACE: Funding fails to offset the years of lost cash, claims president

By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2025

Central government funding for regeneration is positive but ‘can only go so far in offsetting the...

SOLACE SUMMIT

An opportunity for honesty

By Robin Tuddenham | 14 October 2025

As local government leaders convene in Leeds this week for the Solace Summit amid a backdrop of u...

PERFORMANCE

Solace, strategy and cash-strapped councils

By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024

Perhaps the true measure of local government is inclusive growth – the ability to build the prosp...

SOLACE SUMMIT

Solace Summit: Tensions with central government starting to ease, suggests Prosser

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2024

Tensions between local and central government are starting to ease in the wake of the General Ele...

SOLACE SUMMIT

Put in the investment to build better resilience

By Kath O'Dwyer | 17 October 2024

Kath O’Dwyer says central government must realise that operating local government ‘on a shoestrin...

SOLACE SUMMIT

Pointing towards a brighter partnership

By Matt Prosser | 17 October 2024

As delegates gather in Manchester for the Solace Summit, Matt Prosser says the relationship reset...

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