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PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Moving from place-based budget pilots to mainstream practice
By Dr Simon Kaye | 16 December 2025
The Treasury must back real place-based budgets – not just another Red Book annex, warns Dr Simon Kaye.
FINANCE
Clear allocation details are essential for councils to understand the waste funding system
By Tracy Bingham | 16 December 2025
Tracy Bingham says councils need certainty and clarity if they are to deliver on the vital waste ...
GOVERNANCE
A sad day for democracy
By Colin Copus | 10 December 2025
The Government’s commitment to bringing in a mandatory code of conduct alongside new powers to su...
REORGANISATION
Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils
By Ian Miller | 08 December 2025
Where public and political demand exist, districts have bandwidth now to focus on creating town o...
AI
Should citizens trust government AI without transparency?
By Ray Eitel-Porter | 05 December 2025
Ray Eitel-Porter says the UK Government is right to see AI as a driver of public service transfor...
FINANCE
Auditor sounds alarm over Shropshire finances
By Martin Ford | 28 November 2025
Shropshire Council has been issued with a rare statutory recommendation by its external auditor.
COVID INQUIRY
After the Covid Inquiry: It's time for serious devolution
By Vijay K Luthra | 26 November 2025
Devolution is a resilience issue after the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, say Patrick Diamond and Vijay K L...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed U-turn over committee system abolition
By Neil Merrick | 25 November 2025
Local authorities that already use the committee system will be allowed to retain it under strict...
SOCIAL CARE
Beating the Budget: System-led sustainability for social care
By Amy Long | 24 November 2025
Amy Long looks at finding the levers that adults and children’s services can use to build future-...
INTERVENTION
Council at risk of MHCLG intervention backs urgent reforms
By William Eichler | 21 November 2025
Isle of Wight Council has backed urgent reforms after an independent report warned it risked Gove...
AI
Blueprint for AI success
By James Arrowsmith | 14 November 2025
From efficiency to excellence: James Arrowsmith and Anja Beriro guide councils in how to leverage...
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