When Oliver Hartwich told delegates at the recent SOLGM Summit that our country needs more local authorities, he was talking to a receptive audience. Call it localism. Call it subsidiarity. His big idea is that if our country were more like Switzerland, which among other things is awash with local government, we might be more likely to...
Coventry City Council chief executive Dr Martin Reeves warns that the old model for public service is “inherently broken” and councils need to work very differently with their communities from now on.
He says many of the changes in the UK are being driven by huge funding cuts and citizens’ rising expectations. “That requires a...
Auckland Council has an enormous opportunity to change the way it handles employment relations in the next five to 10 years. Chief executive Stephen Town details the plan.
What do council employees really, really want? Not certificates for good performance, that’s for sure. Morning teas don’t cut it either. No. As in most other...
