When Cambridgeshire and Northampton CCs set up a shared service centre for back-office functions,...
Councils face dramatic management shake-ups if they are to meet tough new efficiency targets, cau...
In an exclusive interview, Sir Peter Gershon, whose name is synonymous with the 2004 review, talk...
Tony Oakshott looks at the latest efficiency figures from local authorities published last week a...
Put out more flags! Each month, a new shared service, outsourcing or joint venture deal is announ...
Northern Ireland’s local government structure is being reorganised, with 11 ‘super’ councils repl...
North East Derbyshire chief executive, Lee Adams, explains how her authority leap-frogged from ‘w...
Graham Atkins looks at the problem of merging after local government reorganisation.
Interim managers are vital to the successful running of local government, especially in a time of...
The credit crunch has drawn political attention away from ‘seismic’ shifts in welfare policy that...
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