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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

Let's talk about homes

By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 November 2020

Homes provide so much more than shelter, says Dr Jonathan Carr-West. He argues that a different s...

Central government needs to stand back

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2020

Dr Jonathan Carr-West asks if anyone has any sense of a sustained strategic focus on tackling the...

Trust in the public realm really matters

By Jonathan Carr-West | 21 July 2020

Trust in public institutions cannot be rebuilt if different levels of government are seeking to d...

Redrawing our future after COVID

By Jonathan Carr-West | 17 June 2020

What we have learnt from coronavirus is that we need flexibility, adaptability and civic solidari...

Let's have the humility to learn

By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 May 2020

We need to learn from this crisis, says Dr Jonathan Carr-West – in terms of both the disease its...

Let's make the argument now for the world we want to live in

By Jonathan Carr-West | 06 April 2020

Will the impact of coronavirus mean more state investment or 10 more years of austerity to pay fo...

Engaging our global family

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 March 2020

Local government needs to pool its combined knowledge and learn from the perspective of others - ...

Welcome to the twenties

By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 January 2020

The new Government is rhetorically placing itself as a radical one that will move fast, says Dr ...

Places can and do get worse as well as better

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 December 2019

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says the story of a city in Columbia can be seen as a warning of what can h...

Civility starts with the civic

By Jonathan Carr-West | 29 October 2019

Jonathan Carr-West says that in increasingly volatile times, local government can provide the cor...