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FINANCE
Revised Best Value notices for two authorities
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2024
Two authorities have been issued with revised Best Value notices by ministers after it was found ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Stockton's winning digital formula
By Cllr Lisa Evans | 31 January 2024
Stockton BC scooped the digital transformation award at The MJ Awards for its innovative approach...
FINANCE
Hollowed out local government sets off a downward spiral
By Mo Baines | 22 January 2024
'It is time to move the debate on from platitudes and tinkering with year-to-year budgets to the ...
EDUCATION
Dream big, start small
By Ann McGauran | 22 January 2024
Ann McGauran reports on the Local Government AI Summit, which was aimed at providing the sector w...
FINANCE
NAO issues wake-up call
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2024
The National Audit Office (NAO) chief’s warnings to Whitehall over governance are a wake-up call ...
ENVIRONMENT
UK councils in distress – What can we learn from 'Down Under'?
By Ian Owen | 18 December 2023
Recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Australia, Ian Owen describes how councils in the U...
TRANSFORMATION
A Faer Point
By Ben Cox | 13 December 2023
The leaders responsible for delivering demand-led services are forced to be reactive and problem-...
TRANSFORMATION
AI's tipping point
By Ann McGauran | 04 December 2023
How will artificial intelligence change local government and the lives of residents – and can the...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
AI and public services of the future
By Dawn Redpath | 28 November 2023
The challenge for Surrey is to work with partners to develop a regional economic ecosystem around...
FINANCE
'Lack of progress' in South Ayrshire transformation
By Martin Ford | 01 November 2023
South Ayrshire Council has been told it must quicken the pace of its transformation in a report b...
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- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
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