Digital

By Gordon McFarlane | 18 April 2023

Gordon McFarlane sets out five ways to address the capacity and skills gap in local government, a...

How can innovation help meet financial pressures?

By Paul Marinko | 18 April 2023

Can new ways of working along with innovative partnerships and service delivery help alleviate th...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

New North Yorkshire Council urged to live stream meetings

By Mark Whitehead | 17 April 2023

Councillors in Scarborough have urged the new North Yorkshire Council to live stream all its meet...

HUMAN RESOURCES

'Groundbreaking' shared service cut back

By Martin Ford | 14 April 2023

A once-groundbreaking shared service is to be further pared down as more functions are brought in...

BUSINESS

Labour pledges to revitalise high streets

By Mark Conrad | 12 April 2023

Labour will today promote its plan to revitalise ailing high streets through a £700m fund to help...

WHITEHALL

Gove accused of treading on 'Department for Transport's toes'

By Chris Ames | 11 April 2023

Communities secretary Michael Gove has been accused of ‘treading on the Department for Transport’...

WHITEHALL

Councils ponder TikTok use after bans

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023

Councils are weighing up whether to continue using TikTok after the Cabinet Office and Local Gove...

DIGITAL

Cyber attack hits councils

By Martin Ford | 04 April 2023

Councils have reported disruption to their call centres after a Cyber attack on outsourcing giant...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Tackling the digital skills gap in Leeds

By Martyn Long | 04 April 2023

Martyn Long outlines how the Growing Talent Digital Leeds programme is supporting young people to...

DIGITAL

'There is no way hackers can get into our systems,' said no council ever

By Leo Hanna | 31 March 2023

Local authority leaders are keenly aware that there is no room for error on IT investment cyberse...

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