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BUDGET 2026
Rewired Budget
By Jonathan Werran | 29 October 2026
Reflecting on the Budget and the fiscal devolution roadmap, and looking ahead to the Rewiring the...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Emergency preparedness must go beyond survival kits
By Heather Jameson | 29 October 2026
Effective community resilience requires local leadership, inclusive emergency planning and truste...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution and health: from why to how
By Mubasshir Ajaz | 29 October 2026
The debate is moving beyond whether devolution matters for health. The task now is to make it wor...
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...
FINANCE
Council funding: Priorities for devolution and financial sustainability
By Tracy Bingham | 29 October 2026
Councils need fairer funding, greater fiscal powers and long-term certainty to deliver sustainabl...
LEADERSHIP
Local government: Leading through limbo
By Lucy Trueman | 28 October 2026
Lucy Trueman looks at how to protect culture when certainty disappears.
LOCAL AUDIT
Recovering local audit and improving public spending
By Abdool Kara | 28 October 2026
New audit reforms aim to strengthen assurance, transparency, efficiency and public service outcom...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
A national care promise needs a local delivery guarantee
By Paul Burstow | 27 October 2026
A National Care Service needs sustainable funding, clear accountability and local capacity to del...
REORGANISATION
Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
By Kathy O'Leary | 27 October 2026
Kathy O'Leary looks at local government reorganisation and local plan delays, and says meaningful...
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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