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FINANCE
The job of delivering a more sustainable council finance system is far from over
By Paul Honeyben | 26 February 2026
The task of delivering a more sustainable local government finance system is – at best – only half done, and four challenges remain, says Paul Honeyben.
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Working together to prevent VAWG
By Cllr Angelo Weekes | 12 February 2026
Islington LBC will be working with central government and partners to design and test new ways to...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Building budgets around places
By Stephen Taylor | 12 February 2026
Stephen Taylor says that if place-based budgeting is done in the right way, people and communitie...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Seeing the bigger picture
By Matthew Taylor | 11 February 2026
Matthew Taylor untangles the threads of the Government’s public service reform agenda.
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Total Place requires total trust
By Lisa McNally | 09 February 2026
Councils can expand the Total Place ethos by joining up often fragmented policies and programmes,...
REORGANISATION
The test-and-learn approach is the way to address complexity
By Dr Catherine Howe | 03 February 2026
Catherine Howe says that in a complex climate when so much in local government, health and polici...
PLACE-MAKING
People, purpose – and power
By Ellen Care | 19 December 2025
Five pioneering councils have teamed up with Collaborate CIC to share insight, solve problems col...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local government is seeing the re-flowering of axed policies
By Abdool Kara | 19 December 2025
Total Place isn't the only returnee from the dusty shelf of past policies, says Abdool Kara.
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Moving from place-based budget pilots to mainstream practice
By Dr Simon Kaye | 16 December 2025
The Treasury must back real place-based budgets – not just another Red Book annex, warns Dr Simon...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Five lessons to usher in Total Place 2.0
By Stephen Taylor | 16 December 2025
Stephen Taylor welcomes the launch of place-based budget pilots across five mayoral authorities. ...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
It's time to break the pattern of reliance on pilot schemes
By Annabel Smith | 09 December 2025
Annabel Smith urges the Government to move beyond the cycle of pilot schemes and adopt a more mis...
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