London Councils: Looking to the Future

LONDON COUNCILS

Think-tank calls for return of Brown's Total Place

By Emily Twinch | 09 May 2025

An initiative from Gordon Brown’s premiership to integrate local public services’ budgets should be brought back to plug a ‘gaping chasm’ in funding, a think...

LONDON COUNCILS

Designing a better framework for public scrutiny

By Tracy Bingham | 08 May 2025

For participation and oversight over council finances, we need to get behind Research for Action's call to make council budget and monitoring data widely ava...

LONDON COUNCILS

Camden set to appoint chief executive

By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025

Jon Rowney has been recommended as Camden LBC’s next chief executive.

LONDON COUNCILS

A shared definition of 'neighbourhoods' is important

By Jessica Studdert | 08 May 2025

Jessica Studdert says that for real impact at a hyperlocal level, neighbourhoods need to be considered 'as a core convening level for organising the services...