FINANCE

In search of a plan

By Dr Jo Casebourne | 12 October 2016

Brexit has changed the devolution landscape and local government needs urgent clarity on crucial ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

From Scale 1 to SOLACE

By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2016

Heather Jameson talks to Doncaster chief Jo Miller about her long journey from a Liverpool free s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Lesson from the chair

By Thomas Bridge | 12 October 2016

Gavin Jones speaks to Thomas Bridge about the future priorities of SOLACE, his views on new pres...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

SOLACE elects new president

By Thomas Bridge | 06 October 2016

Jo Miller is expected to be named as the new president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Ex...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chiefs welcome MSP probe into returning officer payments

By Sam Clayden | 05 October 2016

Scottish council chief executives have welcomed a MSP probe into additional payments received by ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

No Greens comeback

05 October 2016

If nothing else, conference season is a time for juicy gossip.

FINANCE

Second-hand daylight

By Mark Rogers | 05 October 2016

Mark Rogers reflects on his busy three years as SOLACE president and passes on some crucial lesso...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Leadership 'key' to recognising local communities needs

By Thomas Bridge | 05 October 2016

Chief executives must focus on ‘good leadership’ over policy in response to growing ‘digital empo...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Solace presidency: The pitches

29 September 2016

How should Solace hold its conferences, how must it collaborate with the LGA and how can members ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A 21st century public leader

By Deborah Cadman | 17 August 2016

Public service leaders need to embody a wide range of characteristics but the current volatile en...

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