Opinion - Page 77

By Andy Allsopp | 28 March 2024

Andy Allsopp looks at the need for careful judgement from council communicators during the pre-el...

HEALTH

Crises to continue as we lurch towards a General Election

By Heather Jameson | 26 March 2024

The MJ's 24-hour Future Forum summit cantered through a collection of catastrophes, says Heather...

FINANCE

Beware Godzilla economics

By Barry Quirk | 26 March 2024

Councils are designed primarily to achieve ‘economies of scope’ not economies of scale – and bigg...

HOUSING

Plymouth's rapid reaction

By Tracey Lee | 26 March 2024

The discovery of a live 70-year-old bomb in Plymouth led to the biggest evacuation in the UK sinc...

ENVIRONMENT

Wakefield's in-between spaces

By Mark Lynam | 26 March 2024

Wakefield’s Urban Greening Strategy sets out an ambition to transform the city centre by reconsid...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Observations on Japan's strong local leader model

By Sam Cunningham | 26 March 2024

Reflecting on his Japanese Study Tour, Sam Cunningham says it is imperative to seek inspiration a...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Learning from tragedy

By Debbie Jones | 26 March 2024

Debbie Jones looks at the lessons emerging from an independent review focused on the children fou...

SOLACE

Elections show the organisation at its 'one council' best

By Kathy O’Leary | 26 March 2024

Kathy O' Leary says: 'As both pollsters and returning officers would agree, success in elections ...

SOCIAL CARE

Deployment of AI technologies must be guided by a robust framework

26 March 2024

The local government sector knows the best ways to serve local communities and is best placed to ...

FINANCE

Retrograde is no way to fund financial recovery

By Rob Whiteman CBE | 26 March 2024

If councils call out the Government for glossing over the facts, they must ensure terms such as b...

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