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GOVERNANCE
A bite-sized approach to FOI
By Deborah Clark | 07 May 2025
Deborah Clark outlines the latest tools aimed at cutting the inappropriate use of exemptions in F...
POLICY AND POLITICS
A time for unity, not division
By Matthew Taylor | 07 May 2025
There is still time to press for more collaborative place working across the public sector, write...
ELECTIONS
Local elections 2025: Surveying the wreckage
By Paul Wheeler | 06 May 2025
Reform's tidal wave of gains in last week's local elections could just be the start of seismic ch...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Closing up the support gap
By Jo Casebourne | 06 May 2025
Jo Casebourne examines why mentoring and befriending matters for young people - and what local le...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Nurturing the rural
By Tom McCabe | 02 May 2025
Tom McCabe looks at the role of rural combined authorities, and says it is time for a mayoral age...
FINANCE
Carrying the burden
By Adele Taylor | 02 May 2025
It's time for the Government to deliver on promises to alleviate administrative burdens, writes A...
ELECTIONS
Raw politics is back on the menu
By Jonathan Werran | 02 May 2025
Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis, considers the fallout from the local election results.
ELECTIONS
Power up local leaders and metro mayors
By Zoë Billingham | 01 May 2025
While many political commentators will jump on today's election results as a litmus test for the ...
COMMUNITIES
Encouraging communities to celebrate 80th anniversary of VE Day
By Jo Blackman | 01 May 2025
With just a few days to go, there is much councils can do to make sure the legacy of VE Day and i...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The importance of connecting with communities
By Heather Jameson | 01 May 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'As we shift to local government reorganisation, fears of distant democracy...
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