Communities

By Leonie Taylor | 02 June 2025

Tania Carregha and Leonie Taylor explain why local government is uniquely placed to support the g...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Surrey's journey towards a cleaner energy future

By Ben McCallan | 02 June 2025

Ben McCallan explains how Surrey CC has helped establish a community energy sector by building st...

STRONGER THINGS

Building thriving societies – it's easy as ABCD

By Cormac Russell | 28 May 2025

Cormac Russell, headline speaker at New Local's Stronger Things festival at London's Guildhall on...

WELFARE

We can't help people if the Government keeps them in the dark

By Vic Harper | 21 May 2025

Local government needs the tools, the data, and the mandate to reach the people who are so often ...

FINANCE

The small things make a difference

By Tracie Langley | 21 May 2025

The unitarisation of councils through reorganisation may remove the existing channels to communit...

COMMISSIONING

Procuring with panache

By Amy Hurst | 20 May 2025

It’s time to co-create a new era of commissioning with communities, says Amy Hurst.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Time to empower the places that matter

By Ravi Gurumurthy | 16 May 2025

Labour's Neighbourhood Commission is not just good politics, but good policy says Ravi Gurumurthy.

POLITICS

Populism in power

By Sir Bob Neill | 13 May 2025

Having won office, Reform’s new councillors must now use it to improve residents’ lives, writes S...

PREVENTION

Prioritising prevention

By Cllr Beverley Egan | 07 May 2025

Cllr Beverley Egan looks at the actions for radical change emerging from the independent Essex Ca...

Encouraging communities to celebrate 80th anniversary of VE Day

By Jo Blackman | 01 May 2025

With just a few days to go, there is much councils can do to make sure the legacy of VE Day and i...

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