Constructive alternatives
As the need for more infrastructure projects around the country gains momentum, Wayne Scott from the Aggregate and Quarry Association calls for a closer dialogue with local government.
If you are involved with any council budget for infrastructure, you’re likely to be well aware that the price of the...
SOLGM CEO Karen Thomas reflects on the 2018 local government year and predicts what the incumbent government will bring about next.
This time last year I wrote a similar predictions piece against a backdrop of a newly-elected parliament, a change of government (in some ways unexpected) and a policy community coming to grips with what it...
Check out the relevance index and the participation gap.
Let’s face it. People just do not care about local government. While this is not a news flash, there is evidence of situational blindness affecting many who work and serve in the sector when presented with this fact. As the 2018-28 LTP process draws to a close and the build-up...
Birmingham City Council CE Mark Rogers says that, painful though they have been, nationwide reforms in the UK are opening up opportunities for a more adult-to-adult relationship between local and central government. And that has got to be good.
Over in the British west Midlands, Birmingham City is on a roller coaster ride of huge growth...
Hon Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, Minister of Local Government, tells newly-elected members that a more coordinated framing of the local government / central government relationship is required. Councils need new ways to manage finances and improve efficiencies. And more needs to be done to meet current needs and prepare for future...
What kind of leaders does local government need? As the sector gears up for its triennial elections in October, Ruth Le Pla asks LGNZ president Lawrence Yule whether it’s time for a whole new type of thinking.
Across the country 1646 elected members are currently serving their communities. They’re mayors, councillors and community...
