Culture

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 05 June 2019

A year ago, Wigan MBC commissioned its new cultural strategy. Alison McKenzie-Folan, explains how...

MANAGEMENT

Don't be afraid to jump in the deep end

By Donna Hall | 22 May 2019

Donna Hall maintains that if we are serious about bringing about positive change we need to work ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Creating a compassionate council

By Robert Moran | 22 May 2019

Robert Moran’s vision for Elmbridge is to ensure compassion runs through all of the work of the c...

FINANCE

Call for tourism tax review

By Naomi Larsson | 05 February 2019

An inquiry into cultural investment in cities has called for a UK-wide review of the benefits of ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Standards bearers

By Heather Jameson | 30 January 2019

The local standards regime for councils has faced allegations that it is insufficiently robust. W...

MANAGEMENT

A council's culture eats its strategies for breakfast, dinner and tea

By Donna Hall | 29 January 2019

Rip up all those wordy strategies that hardly anyone even reads. They just don’t work, says Donna...

CORE CITIES

When it comes to our cities there are reasons to be cheerful

By Cllr Judith Blake | 16 January 2019

There is little doubt that 2019 will be an historic and turbulent year, but there are some great ...

Cambridge brings service in-house from struggling charity

By Martin Ford | 24 December 2018

Cambridge City Council is to bring its cultural events service back in-house, after the charity C...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Empowerment is a team effort

By Linzi Roberts-Egan | 12 December 2018

As the first London Borough of Culture, and one of five integration pilot areas, Waltham Forest L...

WHITEHALL

Scrutiny can reduce Government intervention risk - Kerslake

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2018

Rishi Sunak has called for scrutiny to receive a ‘strong commitment from the top’ of councils ami...

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