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Jonathan Carr-West

Jonathan Carr-West

Dr Jonathan Carr-West is chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)

Articles by Jonathan Carr-West

Getting the measure of wellbeing

By Jonathan Carr-West | 06 September 2022

Now we are looking at another crisis, we need wellbeing more than ever, but can we retain a focus...

Avoiding the edge

By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 June 2022

As the sector gathers this week for the LGA conference, Dr Jonathan Carr-West says it’s time to s...

Shifting local elections to the spotlight

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 May 2022

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says local elections represent a chance for people to express their views a...

The great rebuild

By Jonathan Carr-West | 20 April 2022

With local elections just around the corner, Jonathan Carr-West fears we are in a dangerous momen...

Honouring the Ukrainian spirit

By Jonathan Carr-West | 15 March 2022

The events in Ukraine have provided a timely reminder of how important our democracy is and how m...

Missions misstep 

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 February 2022

When it comes to its 12 missions, the Levelling Up White Paper does not really enable the multipl...

A whole lot of papers

By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 December 2021

December has been a tale of two White Papers. The one that is and the one that is yet to be, writ...

Making the right connections

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 November 2021

COP26 has raised awareness of the actions climate change requires. Dr Jonathan Carr-West argues ...

Let's ground levelling up

By Jonathan Carr-West | 05 October 2021

The LGiU has set out the six core principles that must inform the approach to levelling up from n...

Tough, uphill work lies ahead

By Jonathan Carr-West | 31 August 2021

We’ve had half a decade of strategic drift in local government policy, says Dr Jonathan Carr-West...