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Jul 82 min

An interview with Rachel McKoy - exploring her passion for local government and her advice on developing resilience.

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

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Jul 57 min

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

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

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Jul 55 min

A good time for the sector to have friends in high places

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...

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Jul 52 min

LOCALIS RESPONSE TO GENERAL ELECTION 2024

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

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Jul 25 min

Roundtable: Collaboration and culture are key to making digital progress

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

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Jul 25 min

A critical role for HR in local government in 2023

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

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Jul 23 min

Why monitoring officers’ status should be elevated

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

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Jul 18 min

A Local Govt Digital Service?

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

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Jul 13 min

Unlocking cost-efficient financing for UK local authorities

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

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Jul 13 min

Funding and digital skills shortage identified as the most common barriers to local authority technological adaptation

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

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Jul 19 min

The future of digital services in local government

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

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Jul 17 min

Helping local digital work

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

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Jul 15 min

Further thoughts on a new Local Government Digital Service

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

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Jul 112 min

(Yet more) on a ‘Local GDS’

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

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Jul 14 min

Prioritise collaboration and getting things done

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

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Jul 15 min

A Tight-Loose Collective Operating Model for Local Government

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

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Jul 17 min

Even more thoughts on a new Local Government Digital Service

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...

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Jul 13 min

A local digital tripartite

To say the ”do we need a local GDS debate” is a slow burner would be an understatement, but recently it’s ignited again, just as it did...

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Structural solutions for structural problems