Opinion - Page 4

By Sarah Longlands | 11 June 2025

The Spending Review should be a springboard for innovation in public service, writes Sarah Longla...

DIGITAL

Council culture: Why digital needs to be at the core

By Cate McLaurin | 09 June 2025

Digital can’t be the responsibility of just one team, and instead of being treated as a technical...

COMMUNICATIONS

Do you need a comms plan, or a plan for your comms team?

By Louise Neilan | 09 June 2025

Encouraging your communications teams to sign up for LGComms Academy 2025 in Bristol will show th...

SEND

Reform of SEND cannot come quickly enough

By Simon Edwards | 05 June 2025

With deficits increasing and liabilities for SEND accruing interest on the existing debt, this is...

IMMIGRATION

The impacts and risks of immigration and skills policies

By Oliver Lodge | 05 June 2025

Closer collaboration across Government departments and local authorities is vital to securing the...

SEND

A story of smarter SEND funding

By Natalie Kenneison | 05 June 2025

Natalie Kenneison says that despite soaring SEND deficits, a quieter story of progress is unfoldi...

PARISH COUNCILS

The cap doesn't fit

By Justin Griggs | 05 June 2025

Capping some or all parish and town councils would seriously threaten their effectiveness and und...

FINANCE

Shovel-ready Spending Review

By Heather Jameson | 05 June 2025

The local government world is divided into two types of people: those who are resigned to their f...

LG CHALLENGE

Making Stroud future fit

By Grace Perks | 04 June 2025

Grace Perks reports from the latest leg of the LG Challenge, where the teams went head-to-head to...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Frame the problem to design the solution

By Barry Quirk CBE | 03 June 2025

Barry Quirk applauds the Government’s focus on radical innovation, but says defining the issue to...

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