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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...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Not all about the money
By Ann McGauran | 19 November 2024
The Budget for 2025-26 is published, with a spending review for the following two years due in t...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Changing the curve
By Matthew Taylor | 13 November 2024
Matthew Taylor explains why nothing less than a ‘fundamental system redesign’ via integration is ...
PERFORMANCE
No magic prescription for performance
By Owen Mapley | 30 October 2024
Two weeks ago The MJ published the IMPOWER Index of top ten out-performing authorities, with York...
FINANCE
Balancing the golden triangle
By By Adele Taylor | 23 October 2024
Adele Taylor says: 'We need to ensure we are investing at the right level to gain the financial c...
PERFORMANCE
Solace, strategy and cash-strapped councils
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
Perhaps the true measure of local government is inclusive growth – the ability to build the prosp...
PERFORMANCE
Index puts York top for productivity
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
York City Council has topped a list of the top ten most productive top tier councils in England, ...
PERFORMANCE
I haven't got time for this
By Blair McPherson | 23 September 2024
Blair McPherson reflects on a leader’s focus on the need for managers to spend their time doing t...
PROCUREMENT
The Procurement Act: Getting the basics right
By Louise Bennett | 23 September 2024
With procurement reform on the way, it has never been more important for local authorities to exa...
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