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POLICY
Beginnings and enormous possibilities
By Dr Catherine Howe | 05 February 2025
In her first Soapbox column, Dr Catherine Howe says that when she lifts her head out of the immed...
INNOVATION
Innovation: the key
By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2025
Local government is feeling the squeeze. To transform services, it must unlock innovation, writes...
FINANCE
Struggling to be glass half full
By Adele Taylor | 05 February 2025
Watching budget proposals for the next year and medium-term, Adele Taylor says that even she is s...
PLACE-MAKING
Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy
By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025
Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...
FINANCE
Is this really handing local leaders power over their finances?
By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2025
There was no sense of irony in the finance settlement when the Ministry of Housing, Communities a...
WORKFORCE
Keeping the cogs turning on commerce
By Justin Galliford | 04 February 2025
Local authority trading companies have contributed to the fragmentation of the local government w...
LEADERSHIP
A challenge and a purpose
By Jonathan Stephenson | 04 February 2025
The inaugural London Bridges Walk was more than just a physical challenge. It was a powerful remi...
DEVOLUTION
A huge amount to resolve on reform
By Sheila Oxtoby | 04 February 2025
There is a feeling among some members of Great Yarmouth BC that a lack of engagement and discussi...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
The success of Martyn's Law hinges on collective efforts
By Nathan Emmerich | 03 February 2025
Nathan Emmerich explains Martyn’s Law’s two-tiered system of requirements for venues to ensure th...
HEALTH
Rays of hope for health
By Katherine Merrifield | 03 February 2025
Katherine Merrifield says that while the Devolution White Paper and the funding settlement set ou...
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