Round Tables - Page 1

Against the backdrop of mounting fiscal pressures, more exceptional financial support requests and uncertainty over funding reform, local authority finance chiefs and chief executives recently met ...

TRANSFORMATION

How to tackle the challenges of 2026

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

Local government has entered a time of unprecedented change despite continuing to face particular...

DEVOLUTION

The challenges, opportunities and risks of devo

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2026

The Government’s drive for devolution is set to radically alter the landscape of local government...

LEADERSHIP

Lessons from private and public sector leadership crossover

By Jes Ladva | 04 November 2025

Ensuring a leadership flow between the private and public sectors is one way to maximise the valu...

AI

Pursuing AI without a large language model

By Paul Marinko | 09 October 2025

Councils remain eager to grasp the opportunities offered by AI, but a recognised lack of knowledg...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation, Reform and devolution

By Ann McGauran | 02 October 2025

Change is rippling through local government, from structural reform and new combined authorities,...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Navigating place-based decarbonisation

By Paul Marinko | 02 July 2025

In a rapidly changing world and a sector consumed with financial pressures and local government r...

REORGANISATION

Delivering innovative services and reorganisation

By Paul Marinko | 30 April 2025

In an epoch-defining moment for local government, will reorganisation turbo charge innovation or ...

REORGANISATION

Reforming and transforming

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2025

As councils rush towards reorganisation, what are the lessons from past redesigns? Heather Jameso...

LEADERSHIP

The changing face of leadership

By Paul Marinko | 29 January 2025

As local government enters a period which is likely to create great change within the sector, wha...

AI

Fearing to tread but longing to learn

By Paul Marinko | 15 January 2025

A delicate balance between worries over risks and excitement at possibilities is shaping local go...