Paul Marinko 10 September 2025

Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR

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Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transformational' to avoid simply creating ‘bureaucratic' change.

Speaking at The MJ's Future Forum Midlands in Stratford-upon-Avon, Adele Wylie, chief executive at North Northamptonshire Council, reflected on her authority's experience of LGR and urged councils going through the process now to focus on what can be achieved.

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Skills Pipelines: What local government needs to know

Councils and mayors are to be handed a central role in developing skills pipelines for local industries, as the Government unveils what it calls a ‘fundamental change’ to the education system aimed at tackling youth unemployment. Here's what council leaders and officers need to know.
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