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Mayors and council leaders to take on police and crime commissioner functions
POLICY AND POLITICS

Mayors and council leaders to take on police and crime commissioner functions

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) functions will be transferred to strategic authority mayors or council leaders from 2028, policing minister Sarah Jones has announced.

PRODUCTIVITY

Let outcomes not just effort be the measure of your council's legacy

By Tony Munton | 20 October 2025

As the sector awaits the finalisation of the Local Government Outcomes Framework, Tony Munton loo...

PROCUREMENT

Unlocking value with third party spend product

By Jane Clayson – Local Government Commercialisation Projects Director at Newtrality | 16 September 2025

Discover the power of Newtrality’s proven, innovative third party spend offer, designed to empowe...

OFLOG

EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

Ministers have been warned against imposing more expensive, top-down performance indicators after...

MHCLG

Many questions – few answers

By Heather Jameson | 02 July 2025

'As the sector gathers in Liverpool for the Local Government Association annual conference, both ...

LEADERSHIP

Rethinking the golden triangle

By Pam Parkes | 09 April 2025

As delegates gather in Manchester for the Public Services People Managers’ Association conference...

PAY

Return on investment is the real issue

By Julie Towers | 08 April 2025

If chief executives’ impact in local government is measured using clear metrics then perhaps the ...

PERFORMANCE

St Helens peer challenge expected to conclude council has 'transformed'

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2025

St Helens MBC’s corporate peer challenge is expected to conclude the council has been ‘transforme...

PERFORMANCE

Up and away

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2025

St Helens MBC’s corporate peer challenge will deliver good news for the council’s retiring chief ...

FINANCE

Finding a better financial balance

By Mark Sandford | 18 February 2025

Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford set out five progressive steps to local government financia...

PARTNERSHIPS

Pandora's box and the challenge of forming effective partnerships

By Nathan Elvery | 20 January 2025

Nathan Elvery looks at how to create and build effective partnerships in an increasingly complex...

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