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DEVOLUTION
Turning devolution and reorganisation ambition into something tangible for residents
By Caroline Green | 03 November 2026
Councils need clarity, partnership and certainty to deliver successful reorganisation and devolut...
LEADERSHIP
Listen before you fail
By Mark Fletcher-Brown | 02 November 2026
Mark Fletcher-Brown offers his six-point guide to helping leaders avert disasters by ensuring the...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: DWP establishes devolution directorate
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) policy group has established a devolution directorate.
SCOTLAND
Council leaders and unions issue uncertainty warning
By William Eichler | 29 October 2026
Local government leaders and trade union bosses have warned the Scottish Government’s proposed re...
AI
Councils and AI: The future is now
By Eddie Copeland | 29 October 2026
If councils want to make the most of AI they need to start thinking longer term, says Eddie Copel...
RECRUITMENT
Why leaders need their people
By Manny Sandhu | 29 October 2026
Manny Sandhu outlines why the leaders who succeed are usually the ones who know who to ask, and t...
LEADERSHIP
Local government: Leading through limbo
By Lucy Trueman | 28 October 2026
Lucy Trueman looks at how to protect culture when certainty disappears.
PEOPLE
Welsh chief executive to retire
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2026
Rob Thomas has announced he is to retire as chief executive of the Vale of Glamorgan Council foll...
REORGANISATION
Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
By Martin Ford | 27 October 2026
As ministers prepare to reveal the next steps for reorganisation, debate is raging within the sec...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Put people, prevention and place at the centre
By Alison Barker | 27 October 2026
The message from senior officers’ group Solace is clear: adult social care reform, neighbourhood ...
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