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How data and community voice are shaping Luton's climate future
CLIMATE EMERGENCY

How data and community voice are shaping Luton's climate future

By Leonie Taylor | 03 August 2026

Senior researcher Leonie Taylor shares her experiences of The Young Foundation’s work with Luton BC, mapping a fair path to net zero.

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Councils suffering from asylum data blackout

By Dan Peters | 30 July 2026

A Government review of asylum accommodation data-sharing arrangements remains ongoing five months...

DATA

How data can help public sector organisations optimise supplier payments

By Linda Weston | 15 July 2026

As public sector organisations face growing pressure to deliver more with limited resources, grea...

AI

Mandarin warns Microsoft are not councils' 'friends'

By Paul Marinko | 08 July 2026

A leading Whitehall digital expert has warned councils artificial intelligence (AI) will not lead...

AI

Can AI strengthen strategic planning in England?

By Samer Bagaeen | 02 July 2026

Samer Bagaeen examines why digital spatial development strategies must strengthen local democracy...

REORGANISATION

Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right

By Elliott Fletcher | 23 June 2026

Most LGR savings assumptions won't deliver without this – what every council must get right befor...

CHILD PROTECTION

Government urged to create child protection authority 'today'

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2026

The children's commissioner for England has demanded the Government opens a child protection auth...

FINANCE

Reshaping funding in Wales

By Paul Marinko | 18 June 2026

Wales’ local government minister Siân Gwenllian has confirmed work is underway on a review of the...

PERFORMANCE

Tackling inequalities requires combining the Local Outcomes Framework with deeper insight and lived experience

By Jon Rowney | 17 June 2026

Local government has a critical role to play in the new Local Outcomes Framework , 'not only in r...

FINANCE

Using data to improve supplier payment efficiency

By Linda Weston - Head of Commercial Cards, Lloyds | 17 June 2026

Optima, Lloyds’ supplier payment data analysis tool, brings together deep payments expertise and ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Cleverly calls for transparency boost

By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026

Shadow local government secretary James Cleverly has called for measures that would strengthen th...

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