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WORKFORCE
Lead with function and the form will follow
By Alistair Sharpe-Neal | 23 October 2025
Be clear about what you are trying to achieve before you commit to the staff structure to deliver it, says Alistair Sharpe-Neal.
SCOTLAND
Watchdog urges councils to improve staff support
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
Councils in Scotland have been urged by local government watchdog the Accounts Commission to impr...
COUNCIL STAFF
EXCLUSIVE: Director suspended by county amid reorganisation vacuum
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2025
A director remains out of the office on full pay almost three months on from being suspended, The...
ELECTIONS
Under pressure: The strain of snap elections
By Peter Stanyon | 09 July 2025
Peter Stanyon says election teams must have the legislation, systems and funding in place if they...
REORGANISATION
Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025
Local government reorganisation could lead to a sector brain drain, senior figures have warned.
WORKFORCE
Is there a gorilla in our midst?
By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2025
Jonathan Werran argues that existing local government staffing and resourcing could struggle to d...
UNIONS
Time to reverse course?
By Paul Bell | 17 January 2025
Unison’s Paul Bell looks at the impact of LATCs and evaluates the long-term risk to council workf...
SOCIAL CARE
International recruitment boosts social care workforce
By William Eichler | 10 October 2024
The adult social care workforce has grown thanks to carers from abroad, but the sector still face...
HR
Top Talent: Housing
By Penny Ransley | 30 September 2024
The recent publication of the ‘Securing the Future of England’s Council Housing’ report has inspi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The gender gap – an 'unmerited reality'
By Rose Durban | 19 September 2024
Rose Durban says the gender gap is a reality and we owe it to children that their learning, oppor...
HR
The right to flexible working and how to make it work
By Kerren Daly | 16 September 2024
After new flexible working guidelines came into force, Kerren Daly explains how this applies to p...
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