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Grasping a once in a lifetime opportunity for councils
REWIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Grasping a once in a lifetime opportunity for councils

By Anna Randle | 04 November 2026

As well as making the case for the role local government can play in a rewired state, the sector also needs to ask for some enabling powers of its own, writes Anna Randle.

ROUGH SLEEPING

Translating ambition on rough sleeping into action

By Jack Shaw | 03 November 2026

The Budget offers hope on rough sleeping, but big questions remain, says Jack Shaw.

BUDGET 2026

Rewired Budget

By Jonathan Werran | 29 October 2026

Reflecting on the Budget and the fiscal devolution roadmap, and looking ahead to the Rewiring the...

REWIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Local government: Taking the lead

By Dr Catherine Howe | 22 October 2026

As the sector awaits the arrival of a devolution White Paper expected to contain a blueprint for ...

SOLACE SUMMIT

Councils must seize chance to rewire the state

By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026

As he prepares to stand down from the presidency of Solace, Robin Tuddenham tells Paul Marinko ho...

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE

National Care Service: Why local government must be central to social care reform

By Dr Catherine Howe | 20 October 2026

The idea of a National Care Service needs 'some joined-up thinking which properly links devolutio...

AUTUMN BUDGET

Autumn Budget: Funding counties' growth

By Steve Broadbent | 14 October 2026

Counties hold the key to growth and public service reform, but the Budget must match ambition wit...

DEVOLUTION

First, rewire the place, then turn the lights on

By Rob Huntington | 14 October 2026

From Trumpton’s tangled wires to today’s fragmented public services, local government must join u...

REORGANISATION

Local government at a crossroads

By Akash Paun | 25 September 2026

Councils face uncertainty, but reform could create opportunities for transformation and renewal, ...

POLICY

Radical leader

By Ann McGauran | 24 September 2026

Anna Randle talks to Ann McGauran about her long commitment to local government reform working wi...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

What it will really take to Rewire the State

By Dawn Plimmer | 21 September 2026

Three things are needed now for public service reform at scale, say Sarah Gillinson and Dawn Plim...

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