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HUMAN RESOURCES

Standing apart from the IT crowd

By Ian Dalton | 22 December 2015

Ian Dalton explains what stood out for him about local authority IT and digital in 2015

FINANCE

A message to you

By Blair McPherson | 21 December 2015

As football's 'special one' gets the sack, Blair McPherson asks what local government can learn a...

HUMOUR

Mis-direction

08 December 2015

As any public relations supremo will tell you, you are only one boring press release title away f...

HUMOUR

Not so social media

25 November 2015

Last week hundreds of councils around the country took to Twitter to promote the good work of loc...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

One-party council warning

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2015

A London expert has warned against the rise of one-party councils in the capital.

FINANCE

How to develop some 'outside-in' disruption

By Eric Bohl | 19 November 2015

Eric Bohl offers an introduction to the new Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) ...

SOLACE

What role for councils after Paris?

By Mark Rogers | 19 November 2015

Mark Rogers considers how local government is in a unique position to deal with the national resp...

FINANCE

Let's get digital

By Dean Wanless | 19 November 2015

Dean Wanless examines how local government can take a big step forward on 'digital' by simply def...

COMMUNICATIONS

Devolution, decisions and daily duties in #OurDay tweetathon

By Thomas Bridge | 18 November 2015

Councils have thrown themselves into the national #OurDay tweetathon today to spread the word abo...

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Local government communications award winners

16 November 2015

Nottingham City Council’s Get In:volved campaign was announced last Wednesday as the Platinum win...