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The social value 'black hole': ensuring the evidence follows the public sector promise
PROCUREMENT

The social value 'black hole': ensuring the evidence follows the public sector promise

By Steve Butterworth | 17 June 2026

If we want social value to carry the weight it now commands in procurement, we must design for delivery and measurement from day one, says Steve Butterworth.

HOUSING

Market-shaping councils, better housing outcomes

By Joanne Drew | 11 June 2026

Joanne Drew considers the role of councils in enabling housing delivery and shaping local housing...

RESILIENCE

Local Power Plan will fail unless we share power, not just infrastructure

By Emily Morrison | 24 February 2026

Emily Morrison says that done right, the Local Power Plan could help build local resilience for d...

HOUSING

Why council housing teams need an entrepreneurial mindset

By Nicola Mathers | 23 February 2026

Research by Future of London reveals council housing teams are finding that an entrepreneurial ap...

PROCUREMENT

Procurement law reforms could stifle the freedom to achieve best value

By Gayle Monk | 08 September 2025

As the Government proposes procurement law reforms, Mark Cook and Gayle Monk urge a focus on stre...

PROCUREMENT

Links in a chain

By KIngsley Clarke | 29 July 2025

Kingsley Clarke looks at what local government teams need to know about construction SMEs’ Procur...

PLACE-MAKING

Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy

By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025

Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...

SOCIAL VALUE

Westminster's success in harnessing social value

By Cllr Geoff Barraclough | 12 December 2024

Cllr Geoff Barraclough explains how Westminster LBC is unlocking the benefits of social value fro...

POLICY

Social prosperity ahead

By Callin McLinden | 14 October 2024

Councils must be supported through a nationwide capacity-building and guidance outreach programme...

PROCUREMENT

Time for a Duty of Public Value

By Mo Baines | 09 July 2024

An expansive ‘Duty of Public Value', as opposed to Best Value would allow decisions to be made th...

ENVIRONMENT

How we made our most-polluting building greener

29 May 2024

Cllr Rowena Champion explains how Islington LBC put partnership and social value at the heart of ...

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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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