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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The influence of dual perspectives in children's social care

By Craig White | 11 September 2025

Craig White looks at how dual perspectives can change thinking in children's social care

RECRUITMENT

View from the Hill

By Greg Hayes | 11 September 2025

Greg Hayes looks at the perils of failing to take a proactive approach to filling vacancies

RECRUITMENT

Going beyond the job description

By Matt Jones | 11 September 2025

Matt Jones takes a look at the strategic value of interim leaders in local government

The mission-led landscape: A CEO's view

By Adele Gritten | 04 September 2025

Adele Gritten looks at the difficulties of strategic alignment with both national missions and th...

REORGANISATION

The importance of pre-planning to navigating LGR

By Claire Corbett | 04 September 2025

Pre-implementation planning is key to preparing for the challenges and opportunities of reorganis...

RECRUITMENT

Inclusive leadership for a resilient tomorrow

By Dawn Faulkner | 04 September 2025

Dawn Faulkner says it’s time to celebrate the contributions of women in the public sector landsca...

RECRUITMENT

Rebuilding from the brink

By Kembi Coakelin | 28 August 2025

Kembi Coakelin uses the example of a local authority issuing a section 114 notice to discuss lead...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Scaling up decarbonisation for good

By Andrew Spencer | 14 August 2025

Taking decarbonisation initiatives to the next stage must be about scale and systemic transformat...

RECRUITMENT

Who's at your top table?

By Rachael Morris | 07 August 2025

People power needs to be at the centre of the local government workforce, which necessitates a se...

RECRUITMENT

With change comes opportunity

By Mae Wilson | 31 July 2025

As local government reorganisation begins to take shape, Mae Wilson and Gemma Stevenson-Coupe say...