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WHITEHALL

CCN steps back from backing 'radical' shake-up

By Dan Peters | 04 August 2020

The County Councils’ Network (CCN) will hold back from calling for historic boundaries to determi...

FINANCE

Ministers to receive Somerset unitary business case

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2020

A business case for a single Somerset unitary has been sent to communities secretary Robert Jenri...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Is it time for elective surgery?

By Cllr Iain Malcolm | 28 July 2020

A move to an increasingly or even completely postal-based vote is one possible solution to the pr...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Pause, reflect and do better

By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 28 July 2020

Dr Arianna Giovannini says there is a real risk that this new rhetoric of ‘empowering the local ...

WHITEHALL

Williams: I'll accept whatever it takes to get a county unitary

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

The leader of Hertfordshire CC has conceded he would accept a directly-elected mayor as the figur...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A review to learn lessons not lay blame

By Lord Bob Kerslake | 27 July 2020

Swift and focused reviews of local decision-making in response to the pandemic should be democrat...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Moving to warp speed on transformation in Walsall

By Heather Jameson | 21 July 2020

Walsall MBC’s chief executive and leader talk to Heather Jameson about how the borough’s transfor...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Trust in the public realm really matters

By Jonathan Carr-West | 21 July 2020

Trust in public institutions cannot be rebuilt if different levels of government are seeking to d...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Using collective intelligence to address climate change

By Sophie Reynolds | 16 July 2020

In the last in an essay series, Peter Baeck and Sophie Reynolds of Nesta consider how to use the ...

WHITEHALL

Clarke: Unitarisation vital first step in mayoral talks

By Dan Peters | 15 July 2020

Unitarisation of councils will be a ‘vital first step’ for negotiating a series of new mayors wit...

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Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

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