PLANNING

Proactively planning for economic growth and housing

By Caroline Green | 17 September 2024

The new brand of ‘grey belt’ land may turn out to be a stroke of genius in fostering more rationa...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

The future really lies with green hydrogen

By Kathy O'Leary | 16 September 2024

What’s clear is hydrogen energy will be a significant part of our future and the potential it hol...

LEADERSHIP

Searching for the perfect combination

By Mark Rogers | 12 September 2024

Mark Rogers looks at the skills needed to become a successful combined authority chief executive

DIGITAL

Doorway to a digital future

By Dave Mann | 12 September 2024

The reunification of the Government’s digital and data office into a larger Department for Scienc...

LEADERSHIP

Re-setting relationships Sheffield-style

By Claire Taylor | 12 September 2024

Sheffield City Council’s transformation plan aims to create 50 new roles to build a financially ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reviving councils' dormant powers

By David Williams | 12 September 2024

David Williams looks at how councils’ positive Victorian legacy has been curbed and sets out a ma...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Public and private investment must both be in the chancellor's red box

By By Mo Baines | 12 September 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves won't have any more success with growth than her predecessors if she fai...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Starmer will now need to face down housing activists

By By Ben Page | 12 September 2024

Labour is going to have to upset the same voters that it bent over backwards to reassure in the r...

Finance chiefs need a long-term view at the mid-year point

By By Adele Taylor | 12 September 2024

Even without a new Government, this time of year when councils are modelling what budgets and med...

FINANCE

Districts need long-term funding certainty

By By Ian Miller | 12 September 2024

The District Councils' Network sent off its submission to the Treasury about the Budget this week...