Opinion The MJ
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MJ Regen: Rebuilding Britain’s homes
May 16, 2024
What should the next government should do to deliver on housing? Cllr Darren Rodwell says there are no quick wins, but the current housing crisis needs a range of solutions.
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MJ Regen: Brave choices; big rewards
May 16, 2024
There may be a lot of ingredients needed to create exceptional regeneration projects but political courage is one of the things you need most, says Nick Kilby.
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Communities are the heroes of the East Hampshire story
May 16, 2024
East Hampshire DC is working with its transformation adviser to create a compelling, 10 years ahead story about transforming its place, says Gill Kneller.
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Costly housing crisis support crowds out prevention
May 16, 2024
Jon Rowney says financial pressure on councils caused by the lack of affordable homes risks becoming overwhelming. 'A more outcomes-focused and systemic approach is needed.'
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Time for a cross-government framework for place-based collaboration
May 16, 2024
Revisiting Total Place principles would offer a strong foundation for a wider shift across the public sector towards meaningful collaboration with communities to shape provision around their priorities, says Jessica Studdert.
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Could the beating stick be used to point out councils’ efficiencies?
May 16, 2024
While local government focuses on the stick used to beat it, where is the carrot?, asks Heather Jameson. 'What if councils embraced a little transparency and used this new data to create their own stories?'
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Tackling the challenge of Germany’s far right
May 16, 2024
Ed Turner examines Germany’s growing far right in local and regional government, the factors that lie behind it and what to do about it.
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Farewell levelling up – we barely knew you
May 15, 2024
Future attempts to address spatial inequality must have serious financial backing to avoid groundhog day and this requires honesty over future tax and spend, writes Ben Franklin.
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New extremes
May 15, 2024
Mike Bennett reflects on Solace’s response to the 2006 challenge posed by the election of extreme right wing candidates to English councils.
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Make monitoring great again
May 15, 2024
Ensuring monitoring officers have a seat at the top table could help create a culture of better decision-making and assurance, argues Peter Ware.
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Learning to stop attrition
May 14, 2024
Toby Barnard explores the impact an effective learning and development programme can have on employee retention in local government.
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Genuine devolving RTB powers would signal some real devolution
May 14, 2024
Mo Baines says it is worth exploring how councils could be trusted with moratorium powers on RTB, including allowing them the ability to switch RTB on or off based on local need.