Data

By Steve Turnbull | 21 February 2025

Wakefield Council has had to adjust its approach to tackling the challenge of rising homelessness...

AI

AI Opportunities Action Plan: How local authorities can lead the way

By Anja Beriro | 16 February 2025

The Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan doesn’t mention local government once – but Anja Be...

TECHNOLOGY

Can tech save the sector?

By Malcolm Bennie | 04 February 2025

Malcolm Bennie looks internationally and within the UK for inspirational examples from the new wo...

TRANSFORMATION

The collaboration imperative of AI

By Ann McGauran | 29 January 2025

Hillingdon LBC is committed to delivering innovative digital strategies to transform services. Ma...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: Half of chiefs have started roles in last three years

By Dan Peters | 29 January 2025

Almost half of council chief executives have taken up their roles in the last three years, resear...

LEADERSHIP

A manifesto for councils under pressure

By Mark Rogers | 23 January 2025

Mark Rogers offers a set of six key indicators he believes can help local authority team leaders ...

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...

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...

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