Opinion - Page 10

By Iain Murray | 15 April 2025

By sharing insights and striving to adopt more effective VfM frameworks, finance teams can help r...

DEVOLUTION

English Devolution: Where is it at?

By Paul McDermott | 15 April 2025

Amardeep Gill and Paul McDermott look at what lies ahead for the six Devolution Priority Programm...

REORGANISATION

Staying grounded during reorganisaion

By Caroline Green | 11 April 2025

As councils navigate the complexities and challenges ahead, events such as Oxford's Eid Extravag...

FINANCE

Funding review must not only be evidence-led, but needs-led

By By Simon Edwards | 10 April 2025

County areas face a double whammy if the Government uses funding reform to focus resources dispro...

DEVOLUTION

London devo isn't done and reorganisation has a way to go

By Heather Jameson | 10 April 2025

Just 25 years on from establishing the London devolution deal, it is vastly out of date, says Hea...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Funding commitment will keep us off the critical list

By Greg Fell | 10 April 2025

While the recent announcement of a real terms increase in the Public Health Grant allocation for ...

HR

A sector at a crossroads

By Anthony Lewis | 10 April 2025

Anthony Lewis looks at how local government reorganisation and devolution are impacting the caree...

AI

Time to reform the procurement of AI in local government

By Mavis Machirori | 09 April 2025

A national taskforce can fix local government procurement of AI, says Mavis Machirori.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Looking back and moving forward

By Andy Smith | 09 April 2025

Outgoing president of ADCS, Andy Smith, says that while there is still much to do, he is excited ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

A question of trust

By James Thomas | 09 April 2025

James Thomas says the children’s trust model can work in the right context. But he believes many ...

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