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PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Total Place: Still all about leadership
By Stephen Taylor | 29 July 2026
Stephen Taylor and Max Wide reflect on the lessons from Total Place 1.0 and the implications for Total Place 2.0 and conclude the need for bold, mature, constructive local leadership has not changed.
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Lessons in demand from Japan
By Simon Fletcher | 29 July 2026
Keith Kelly and Simon Fletcher look at what Japan’s prevention-first approach can teach England’s...
FINANCE
Local government finance: This time of year can feel like a sweet spot
By Adele Taylor | 27 July 2026
Adele Taylor says this point of the year is fascinating for local government chief financial offi...
PREVENTION
Neighbourhood health: Building prevention through community power
By Matt Skinner | 24 July 2026
With a new Prime Minister at the helm promising to help people to ‘live well’, Matt Skinner looks...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Ditch the red tape for relational working
By Anna Randle | 20 July 2026
Wigan’s relational approach shows how culture, trust and partnerships deliver better outcomes and...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Burnham's vision puts local government centre stage
By Heather Jameson | 02 July 2026
Burnham's devolution agenda raises expectations, but delivery challenges and local government cap...
POLITICS
Will Makerfield change Westminster?
By Donna Hall | 19 June 2026
Donna Hall asks if Andy Burnham can reconnect power with people.
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Progress on neighbourhood health, but much more to do
By Lee Peart | 04 June 2026
Greg Fell, president of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) and director of publ...
STRONGER THINGS
Stay the course on a Total Place race
By Anna Randle | 26 May 2026
It’s time to seize the opportunity of Total Place 2.0 to help bring about the public services we ...
DEVOLUTION
May 8: The day city regions fractured from within
By David Marlow | 21 May 2026
David Marlow says the post-7 May political composition of England’s six Integrated Settlement May...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Relationship advice
By Michael Coughlin | 12 May 2026
Local and regional government has a critical role to play in developing, implementing and scaling...
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