Picking up the pieces

By Jonathan Werran | 10 June 2014

The District Councils’ Network this week issues its manifesto, setting out ways districts could h...

The lost 40 years

By John Stewart | 10 June 2014

George Jones and John Stewart scrutinise the changes since the first local government reorganisat...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Localiser inside the Whitehall citadel

By Michael Burton | 03 June 2014

As cities minister Greg Clark scrutinises the bids to access the £2bn pot for the first year of t...

Is a different prescription just a quick fix?

By Amanda Kelly | 03 June 2014

Following public sector outcry at the potential outsourcing of children’s services, Amanda Kelly ...

Let's turn to our panel of experts

By Paul Roberts | 03 June 2014

The Service Transformation Panel needs to unlock the radical potential in public service integrat...

Local flexibility a must for business support

By Henry Overman | 30 May 2014

Prof Henry Overman outlines the latest findings of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growt...

Busting the information sharing barrier

By Stephen Curtis | 30 May 2014

Sharing information in the public sector is difficult, it takes time and sometimes it needs a dif...

Ambiguous outcomes

By Jonathan Carr-West | 29 May 2014

Jonathan Carr-West examines who won, who lost and what the results of last week’s local elections...

The delicate art of change management

By Irene Lucas | 28 May 2014

Change is always a process; never an event. It must be nurtured, carefully tended, encouraged ove...

The best laid plans…

By MJ Correspondent | 20 May 2014

Dan Peters investigates the recent brouhaha following Whitehall concerns over the quality of loca...