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AI
Councils risk missing out on the transformative potential of AI
By Leo Hanna | 21 January 2025
Central government must recognise the importance of local government in their plans for AI-assist...
DEVOLUTION
Start using place-based data co-produced with citizens
By Saffron Woodcraft | 18 December 2024
If the new devolution agenda is to work, local government will need new data and evidence about l...
DATA
Harnessing AI's full potential
By Joanna Bouloux | 17 December 2024
Councils are increasingly using AI, and while there are many risks this should not deter them fro...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for change after Sara Sharif murder
By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024
Some 485 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect in a year, a repor...
COMMUNITY SAFETY
Unitaries united against crime
By John Tizard | 11 December 2024
John Tizard says he is determined to work closely with the three unitaries in Bedfordshire, where...
LEISURE
Putting our customers first
By Joseph Rham | 10 December 2024
GLL has achieved some remarkable results through a customer-focused approach based on understandi...
CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Tackling net zero knowledge gaps
By Ryan O'Neill | 26 November 2024
Ryan O’Neill looks at how to bridge the gap between confidence and capability on the pathway to N...
DATA
Councils 'need to do better' on data breaches
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2024
Information Commissioner John Edwards has told councils they ‘need to do better’ when handling pe...
AI
Opinion: AI is changing the world - the public sector should take advantage
By Seb Barker | 28 October 2024
The sector needs more specialised procurement regimes operating in a nimbler and smarter way so t...
LEADERSHIP
To be the very best
By Gavin Jones | 24 October 2024
With so much uncertainty ahead, council officers need to be as good as possible at what they do, ...
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