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POLITICS

Political change tests organisational maturity

By Adele Wylie | 09 July 2026

Reform UK controls North Northamptonshire Council, having won the majority of seats in the 2025 elections. Chief executive Adele Wylie explains why the transition has been a success.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Norfolk's vision pays off for children

By Sara Tough | 24 June 2026

Norfolk CC has received the top Ofsted grading for its children’s services department, with outst...

REGENERATION

A new beginning for Bucks' town centre

By Stephen Broadbent | 18 June 2026

Buckinghamshire is shifting its focus to revitalise historic market towns, taking an innovative a...

PERFORMANCE

Tackling inequalities requires combining the Local Outcomes Framework with deeper insight and lived experience

By Jon Rowney | 17 June 2026

Local government has a critical role to play in the new Local Outcomes Framework , 'not only in r...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms

By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026

Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special edu...

REORGANISATION

Peers call for reorganisation reset

By Joe Lepper | 28 May 2026

Peers have called for a ‘fundamental reset’ around local government reorganisation (LGR) among De...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Manchesterism owes more to joint working than to one man

By Heather Jameson | 21 May 2026

Manchesterism is 'not what Burnham has achieved, it is what the combined partnership working of l...

HEALTH

Using the 'evidence pie' for better local government decision-making

By Amy Lloyd | 21 May 2026

The Evidence Pie provides a clear and adaptable model to help embed evidence-informed decision-ma...

HEALTH

How to do council research partnerships

By Lisa McNally | 20 May 2026

Lisa McNally says that with the right specialist national support, research becomes a powerful to...

YOUTH SERVICES

How we delivered the Youth Investment Fund in Blackburn with Darwen

By Imran Akuji | 21 April 2026

Delivering the Youth Investment Fund in Blackburn with Darwen required a deliberate shift in the ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Putting children at LGR's centre

By Jo Fisher | 16 April 2026

Local and central government alike must put children first throughout local government reorganisa...