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ECONOMIC GROWTH

A town centre for the future

By Rachel Robinson | 29 June 2023

Contestants headed to Wigan for the final round of the 2023 LG Challenge, to present their propos...

WHITEHALL

Enough chaos and confusion, now we need solutions

By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2023

No one got everything right during the pandemic, but the early days showed a failure of central G...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Opportunity knocks for the sector

27 June 2023

Ahead of next week’s Local Government Association (LGA) annual conference in Bournemouth, The MJ ...

SCRUTINY

Doing better next time

27 June 2023

The latest in The MJ’s series of articles on avoiding organisational failure looks at eight ways ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Partnership innovation to tackle climate change

By Adele Gritten, Chief executive, Local Partnerships | 27 June 2023

Local Partnerships will be on the climate change panel in the Innovation Zone at the LGA Conferen...

RECRUITMENT

Celebrating learning disability week

By Helen Anderson | 27 June 2023

Helen Anderson at Tile Hill says it's time to recognise learning disabilities as a natural proces...

LEADERSHIP

The importance of brain space

By Blair McPherson | 27 June 2023

Even if the situation is dire it does not necessarily need a major or dramatic intervention - but...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Close to breaking – the dire state of local audit

By Mike Newbury | 27 June 2023

The effects of the local audit backlog are no longer containable, writes Mike Newbury.

FINANCE

Beware the snake oil salesmen of the future

By Abdool Kara | 27 June 2023

The increase in risky business models in local government has led to the litany of high-profile f...

ELECTIONS

Uncertainty has made me very certain about the value of some things

By Gill Kneller | 26 June 2023

East Hampshire's elections revealed a hung council. Chief executive Gill Kneller says 'what stood...

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