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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...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Transforming public services in Liverpool City Region
By Kirsty McLean | 24 October 2025
Kirsty McLean reveals how the Liverpool-based Office for Public Service Innovation – working with...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Test, Learn and Grow: Sheffield's family hubs
By Cllr Tom Hunt | 24 October 2025
Cllr Tom Hunt says Sheffield is aiming to build on the success of its Test, Learn and Grow pilot ...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Future Forum Midlands: Test, learn and grow to enter new phase
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
The Government is preparing to share learning from the test, learn and grow programme, The MJ’s F...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
The Test, Learn and Grow programme is unlikely to shift the dial on its own
By Abdool Kara | 08 September 2025
Abdool Kara says the Labour manifesto promised a mission-led government, 'but there is little evi...
GOVERNANCE
Shifting the levers of control to the local
By Max Wide | 03 September 2025
Max Wide says it is time to fundamentally alter the dynamics of the relationships between localit...
SOLACE
Making reform in Scotland the real thing
By Des Murray | 28 August 2025
As delegates gather for the Solace Scotland Conference 2025, Des Murray says progressing collecti...
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Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
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