Making Stroud future fit
LG CHALLENGE

Making Stroud future fit

By Grace Perks | 04 June 2025

Grace Perks reports from the latest leg of the LG Challenge, where the teams went head-to-head to critically assess community engagement strategies and develop tangible solutions.

LEADERSHIP

What to expect from the three types of chief executives

By Blair McPherson | 03 June 2025

Former council director Blair McPherson explains the three types of chief executives – turnaround...

LEADERSHIP

This could be the moment to let go of nostalgia

By Graeme McDonald | 02 June 2025

Leadership changes are a chance to reset boundaries and expectations, 'especially in a sector whe...

REORGANISATION

Keeping devolution in sight

By Caroline Green | 02 June 2025

Across Oxfordshire and neighbouring councils, there is real appetite for a collective devolution ...

HR

From reorganisation to recovery

By Juliette Alban-Metcalfe | 02 June 2025

Juliette Alban-Metcalfe and Leatham Green look at how to navigate the emotional fallout of local ...

LEADERSHIP

Success is all in the preparation

By Kathy O’Leary | 27 May 2025

Kathy O'Leary writes: 'In district councils we’re prepared to do exactly what I did on marathon d...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Enter the matrix

By Colin Foster | 22 May 2025

As councils embark on local government reform, Colin Foster presents a matrix to support better o...

LEADERSHIP

Thriving through inclusion

By Pam Parkes | 21 May 2025

Pam Parkes sets out why inclusion marks the road to excellence.

REORGANISATION

LGR: Culture eats strategy for breakfast

By Adele Gritten | 14 May 2025

Organisational culture is crucial to the success of local government reorganisation, writes Adele...

LEADERSHIP

Gambling on the next chief executive

By Blair McPherson | 28 April 2025

Appointing any chief executive is a risk, so how can councils shift the odds in their favour, ask...

FINANCE

As leaders, we must lift our heads up

By By Rob Powell | 27 April 2025

'Whether thinking about reorganisation, working with health partners or responding to national an...

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Programme Manager - WMF2092e

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