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RECRUITMENT

Embedding service resilience in a post-pandemic world

By Michael Burton | 27 April 2022

What are the issues facing councils as they return to some form of post-pandemic normality and st...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services: leaving crisis management behind

By Martin Ford | 20 April 2022

With the National Audit Office’s investigation into the state of children’s services due later th...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Tapping into the diversity of talent

By Michael Burton | 27 September 2021

Talent is everywhere but opportunities are not was the underlying message in a round table debate...

ENVIRONMENT

Change is in the air

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

In anticipation of its forthcoming report on councils and net zero, the National Audit Office ask...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Weighing up the reality of net zero: nemesis or global hero?

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2021

As we approach COP26, The MJ and Local Partnerships gathered a group of council chiefs to talk ab...

RECRUITMENT

Surviving the COVID tide

By Heather Jameson | 02 February 2021

How has personal resilience and leadership held up among council chief executives during the pand...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

What next for the capital post-pandemic?

By Michael Burton | 20 January 2021

The levelling up agenda has focused on the Midlands and the North, but London’s economy has also ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Community power – a step forwards?

By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2020

A recent virtual round table debate hosted by The MJ discussed the recent trend towards councils ...

The MJ Round Table Debates

06 July 2011

View reports of the MJ roundtable debates.