Opinion - Page 3

By Megan Tam | 13 June 2025

While local authorities have performed better in this Spending Review than expected, proposals to...

REORGANISATION

Can reorganisation deliver its promises?

By Jason Lowther | 12 June 2025

As the latest round of reorganisation gets under way, Jason Lowther looks at what international r...

PROCUREMENT

The blueprints for success of council companies

By Perry Holmes | 12 June 2025

Peter Ware and Perry Holmes look at how Medway Development Company and SCAPE are shaping the futu...

SPENDING REVIEW

Spending Review: A time for imagination and integration

By Katie Johnston | 12 June 2025

Reflecting on the Spending Review, Katie Johnson says a change of mindset is needed towards a mor...

REORGANISATION

Let's design a future that champions local identity

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 12 June 2025

The danger remains that reorganisation will result in remote councils and simply consolidate admi...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation cash will barely touch the sides

By Heather Jameson | 12 June 2025

Heather Jameson says ministers may end up making the final decisions on reorganisation ‘based on ...

SPENDING REVIEW

Spending Review: The implications for economic development and growth

By Nigel Wilcock | 12 June 2025

The importance of economic development within the Spending Review to managing the delivery of pro...

FINANCE

Treading the financial balancing tightrope

By Adele Taylor | 11 June 2025

Cool heads, professional advice, honesty and practicality will all need to be tools in the kitbag...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

A second wind for Total Place?

By Dan Corry | 11 June 2025

To crack the triple challenge of public service reform, it’s vital to start with place, says Dan ...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Shifting from cure to prevention in Cardiff

By Stephen Taylor | 11 June 2025

Total Place, relational public services and community engagement are at the core of a move to foc...

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