Governance - Page 11

20 November 2023

Is corporate peer review a robust enough way to predict the risks of a future section 114 or is i...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Good climate governance will net best results

By Annie Pickering | 15 November 2023

Annie Pickering looks at the results of the first-ever UK-wide assessment of councils’ net zero p...

HOUSING

'Slim pickings and missed opportunities'

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 14 November 2023

Baroness Sharon Taylor reflects on the King's Speech, and says it's time to stop leaving councils...

SOCIAL CARE

AI: The future for local government

By Heather Jameson | 08 November 2023

Last week, Rishi Sunak brought world leaders to Bletchley Park to focus on AI, but what will it m...

WHITEHALL

Gove's pay plan dismissed as 'unnecessary gimmick'

By Mark Conrad | 07 November 2023

Communities secretary Michael Gove’s embryonic plan to require full councils to approve top salar...

FINANCE

Autumn Statement: why we need real reform

By Simon Christian | 30 October 2023

As the Autumn Statement draws closer, Simon Christian says only complete fiscal reform will unloc...

ELECTIONS

The trouble with Oflog

23 October 2023

Council senior officers are broadly united in their view that Oflog will not provide warning of l...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Oflog base 'focus' on Wolverhampton

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023

The new local government body responsible for identifying financial problems in councils earlier ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Time to unleash the potential of local authorities on net zero

By Chris Skidmore | 23 October 2023

If Westminster will not provide national leadership on net zero, it should empower ambitious loca...

SCRUTINY

Bouncing back from rock bottom. Local government reimagined

By Adele Gritten – Chief executive, Local Partnerships, @LP_AdeleG | 18 October 2023

Much has been written about Birmingham's downfall but what is much less written about is what to ...

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