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REORGANISATION
Unitarisation: What comes next?
By Steve Leach | 24 April 2026
Steve Leach and Colin Copus ask if there will be ‘a further influx of smaller unitary authorities based on real places and a socio-economic geography which makes sense’ now that the centre has side...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Closing the confidence gap
By Emmet Regan | 23 April 2026
Emmet Regan looks at why government has lost the confidence to ‘do big things’ and says rebuildin...
GOVERNANCE
Why CfGS is needed now more than ever
By Ed Hammond | 23 April 2026
As Ed Hammond departs for pastures new, the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny’s deputy chief exe...
SOCIAL CARE
Southport: Knee-jerk legislation may overwhelm the system
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2026
The lessons of Southport need to be learned, says Heather Jameson. 'But there is no lack of legis...
HR
Keeping a grip on what matters
By Pam Parkes | 23 April 2026
As delegates gather in Birmingham today for the PPMA conference, outgoing president Pam Parkes ur...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Rethinking the Better Care Fund
By Mark Palethorpe | 22 April 2026
Moving integrated care from rhetoric to reality calls for an urgent review of how resources like ...
PERFORMANCE
Can South Cambridgeshire's four-day week case be broadened into an argument?
By Abdool Kara | 22 April 2026
Abdool Kara does not question the data South Cambridgeshire has produced in favour of a four-day ...
FINANCE
Is income tax assignment a step change in English devolution?
By Mark Sandford | 22 April 2026
Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford say assigning a share of income tax locally could strengthe...
TRANSFORMATION
Local government: riding the wave of change
By Jonathan Carr-West | 22 April 2026
Jonathan Carr-West looks at the challenges of leading councils through turbulent times.
LEADERSHIP
Attracting and developing talented people is crucial for local government
By Gill Kneller | 21 April 2026
In her final column for The MJ before her retirement, Gill Kneller says attracting and developing...
LEADERSHIP
Just like the weather, councils are rarely stable
By Blair McPherson | 20 April 2026
It is tempting to think the local government system is fundamentally stable, but this is seldom t...
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