Title
IMPROVEMENT
A mirror to success
By Mark Smith | 20 May 2025
The peer review process shows that Chippenham Town Council should be confident about what it achi...
COMMISSIONING
Procuring with panache
By Amy Hurst | 20 May 2025
It’s time to co-create a new era of commissioning with communities, says Amy Hurst.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
How great city regions can shine again
By Mike Emmerich | 20 May 2025
More of the ‘good London effect’ is needed in more of the country, without the bad capital city e...
POLITICS
Uncertain times
By Jonathan Carr-West | 20 May 2025
Following spring's seismic shift in politics, councils face a 'dauntingly busy' summer, writes Jo...
WELFARE
Welfare: The playing field is anything but level
By Ian Greaves | 19 May 2025
The Welfare Reform Green Paper was driven by a wish to save money rather than to support disabled...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Overcoming opposition to deliver infrastructure
By Tom Osborne | 18 May 2025
Upgrading infrastructure may be a government policy but it can face huge local opposition. Tom Os...
FINANCE
Councils operate in an adult social care system that needs fundamental reform
By Jon Rowney | 18 May 2025
When Dame Louise Casey’s commission on adult social care delivers its recommendations, two condit...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Time to empower the places that matter
By Ravi Gurumurthy | 16 May 2025
Labour's Neighbourhood Commission is not just good politics, but good policy says Ravi Gurumurthy.
HR
No time to be lost
By Stephen Baker | 16 May 2025
Stephen Baker reflects on what councils can do now to prepare their workforces for transition to ...
FINANCE
Investment is required in every part of the country
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 May 2025
Positive steps on local government finance need to be backed up by investment and cost-of-living ...
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