Digital

By Martin Ford | 28 November 2023

Gloucester City Council has pledged lessons will be learnt following a reprimand from a data watc...

CLIMATE CHANGE

English-Welsh council partnership signed in bid for extra funding

By Ellie Ames | 13 November 2023

Two English and two Welsh county councils have signed a partnership agreement.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Thinking big and delivering locally

By Mark Smith | 08 November 2023

Chippenham Town Council may be a parish council, but is structured as and acts like a district or...

It's time for action, not words

By Helen Milner OBE | 01 November 2023

The Government’s response to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s digital ex...

WHITEHALL

Council websites referred to equality watchdogs

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2023

Some 56 local government websites have been referred to equality watchdogs in the last year.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Government advisers back fiscal devolution

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2023

Fiscal devolution should be ramped up to enable local authorities to develop transport networks, ...

DIGITAL

Brum's fiscal firestorm

By Claire Agutter | 12 October 2023

Birmingham City Council's dilemma highlights local governance struggles, but dire financial circu...

HEALTH

Addressing the mess

By Matthew Taylor | 03 October 2023

Key aspects of our systems of governance are broken, says Matthew Taylor, and radical reform is n...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Growth: the big issue

By Ben Lucas | 03 October 2023

As we enter election season a national growth plan is needed now, delivered with and by places, s...

WELFARE

Modernisation and disruption are required to help those who need it most

By Matthew Adam | 14 September 2023

An outdated welfare system is costing millions and leaving those most in need without the help th...

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