Deep-seated fears — of looking ridiculous, losing social status, speaking up, and much, much more — saddle children in the middle school...

In this second article, Rob Hann, (Head of Local Government at Sharpe Pritchard) sets out some lessons from the development of the PFI...

Rob Hann, (Head of Local Government at Sharpe Pritchard) looks back at the local government PFI investment programme rolled out between...

In this interview, we sit down with Rachel McKoy, the esteemed Director of Law & Governance (Monitoring Officer) at the London Borough of...

An opportunity for transformation but ‘urgent decisions’ needed: reaction to Labour’s general election victory The new Labour government...

The big picture is clear: we can start thinking of the realities of power and what it will mean for place, says Jonathan Werran. In...

Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “As we awake to the new dawn, the political sky is clear, and we can start thinking of...

Councils remain ambitious despite their funding constraints, an LGC roundtable discussion held in Cardiff in partnership with...

Gordon McFarlane, president of the Public Services People Managers Association and assistant director in Leicestershire County Council...

Commentary on the status of monitoring officers and directors of law in management structures Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) has been...

There’s been a few posts recently about local govt and the crisis it finds itself in financially and from a digital perspective whether...

What potential does a peer-to-peer municipal debt marketplace hold? Alex Collingwood and Daniel Cotti, advisors to Munix, explain....

The report, a collaboration between the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) and Society for Innovation, Technology and...

I was inspired to write this following an excellent blog post by James Plunkett on the same topic. James is suggesting “Local Government...

Should there be a Local Government Digital Service? In the early 2010s the UK Government Digital Service spearheaded a transformation in...

From my perspective as Chief Digital Officer for London where we’ve focused on building collaboration, James Plunkett’s pitch for a new...

There is a growing and timely public conversation about the potential for a ‘Local GDS’ to help local authorities tackle their digital...

INVEST £240M IN 12 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL OFFICES OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Technology roll-out cannot be achieved by hoping that digital...

I’ve been really enjoying the energy around the various discussions that have been happening lately around the need for a structural...

I’ve been reading with interest both James Plunkett’s and Theo Blackwell’s recent blogs advocating the creation of a new L-GDS/Local...