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Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to prepare for AI 'wave' 11/09/2025 Councils should be doing more to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their organisations, an expert has urged.
Reform UK council takes flag decisions out of CEO’s hands 10/09/2025 Reform UK-led Warwickshire County Council has removed its chief executive’s flag-flying powers.
Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR 10/09/2025 Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transformational' to avoid simply creating ‘bureaucratic' change.
Future Forum: Unitary workers 'grieving' loss of districts 20/03/2025 North Northamptonshire Council chief executive Adele Wylie has urged those involved in reorganisation to act with ‘kindness' and avoid rancour.
Future Forum Midlands: Clark points to reorganisation for sector 16/09/2024 Former communities secretary Greg Clark has said local government reorganisation should follow the creation of combined authorities.
Future Forum North: Build individual relationships with mandarins 02/12/2022 Councils need to build individual relationships with Whitehall civil servants if they want to achieve positive outcomes, a former senior mandarin has advised.
Austerity 'could end at the Spending Review' 11/04/2019 There is a ‘genuine chance’ austerity will end at the Spending Review, according to upbeat director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson.

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