Duncan Whitfield

  • Are two heads better than one when things go wrong?

    17 November 2022

    Rather than one ‘Roman God’ tackling external intervention, Chris Buss and Duncan Whitfield say a team of two working together is likely to attract a wider range of talented candidates.

  • The cost of uncertainty

    08 May 2019

    Duncan Whitfield is craving certainty as he prepares the details of a 2020/21 budget – with his most optimistic assumptions leaving him needing to make spending cuts ‘almost as extreme as those back in 2011/12’.

  • Northamptonshire will rise again but let's hope others don't fall

    06 February 2018

    Duncan Whitfield on how Northamptonshire CC ended up issuing a S114 notice and what the situation means for the wider sector.