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PROCUREMENT
Councils get new powers to hand contracts to local suppliers
By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025
New powers for councils in England to give lower value contracts to local and UK suppliers come i...
REORGANISATION
Doing devo digitally
By Callin McLinden | 03 December 2025
Local government reorganisation's digital moment is really about people, parity, and shaping the ...
PFI
How to prepare for a smooth, safe and compliant PFI handback
By Lorna Kenyon-Pain | 02 December 2025
Emma Beynon, Alex Lawrence and Lorna Kenyon-Pain look at the issues around handback of Private Fi...
NCASC
Profit cap on children's placement providers 'won't be worth the paper it's written on'
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Any profit cap on providers of children’s placements in England ‘won’t be worth the paper it’s wr...
TRANSFORMATION
GDS Local: A digital transformation partnership for the future
By Ian Murray | 22 November 2025
For too long the Government Digital Service (GDS) hasn't played the role it should for local gove...
AI
From FOMO to focused
By Andrew Walker | 17 November 2025
Councils need clear, structured AI strategies. To get it right, forget hype or hesitation, say Ro...
AI
Blueprint for AI success
By James Arrowsmith | 14 November 2025
From efficiency to excellence: James Arrowsmith and Anja Beriro guide councils in how to leverage...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation: The next chapter in Surrey
By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2025
As Surrey prepares for unitarisation county council leader Tim Oliver tells Ann McGauran politics...
PROCUREMENT
Care businesses in three regions 'extract' more than £250m in profits
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
Private companies providing care services have taken more than £250m in profits in just three reg...
PROCUREMENT
Social care reform: Stopping profit extraction in services
By Rosie Maguire | 12 November 2025
Introducing a major report on UK social care, Rosie Maguire highlights how fairer commissioning a...
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