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SCRUTINY

Effective politicians are comfortable in their own skin

By Claire Kober | 10 May 2023

Good political outcomes are not secured by alpha males exerting brute force and iron willpower, s...

CULTURE

A statue of limitations

25 April 2023

She’s only been gone five minutes yet some council folk are trying to consign Queen Elizabeth II ...

CULTURE

A Royal pain

25 April 2023

Breathe a huge sigh of relief.

CULTURE

Confidence is key

18 April 2023

The latest in The MJ’s series of articles on avoiding organisational failure looks at the need fo...

SOLACE

Lessons on leadership and governance

By Professor Catherine Staite | 18 April 2023

Paul Dossett and Professor Catherine Staite consider what can be learned from the varied and comp...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

A life to outlast us

By Heather Jameson | 12 April 2023

The idea of leaving a legacy can mean very different things. Three speakers outlined their experi...

CULTURE

Basbousa business

04 April 2023

The Local Government Association launched the sector’s K-Hub – or knowledge hub – with the best o...

WHITEHALL

Government moves to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse

By Mark Conrad | 03 April 2023

Councils are braced for reforms to improve the tackling of grooming gangs – including mandatory r...

WHITEHALL

Council provided £1m loan amid collapse fears

By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2023

Coventry City Council provided a £1m loan to a failing cultural trust knowing there was a risk of...

FINANCE

Future Forum: We've had to do it ourselves

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2023

A chief executive whose council has repeatedly lost out bidding for levelling up funds has told h...