Reading Type: Council Voices

Across local government, there is growing interest in working at the neighbourhood scale as a way of delivering more relational, preventative and community-powered public services. In recent months, we’ve been […]

Following the London Boroughs Women’s Network’s win at the LGC Awards 2026, members of the Chair Committee share the story behind its growth and explain how they’ve built cross-borough collaboration […]

Across local government, there is growing interest in working at the neighbourhood scale as a way of delivering more relational, preventative and community-powered public services. Over the coming months, we […]

In this guest blog, Malvern Hills District Council shares how a growing network of local venues is helping shift wellbeing support from a distant, reactive service into something rooted in […]

Across local government, there is growing interest in neighbourhood working as a way of delivering more relational, preventative and community-powered public services.  Over the coming months, we will be sharing how councils in our network, […]

From giving residents a blank sheet to determine the council’s priorities, to making statutory consultation processes interactive and fun, Test Valley Borough Council is pushing the envelope on community engagement.

Fife Council's Mike Enston tells us about the challenge of growing inequalities, the council’s ambitions to redistribute power to the community and why you can’t visit Fife without enjoying some award-winning fish and chips.

New Local has been working with Islington Borough Council’s Inequality Taskforce to launch a bold new approach to tackling inequality in one of London’s most deprived boroughs. We spoke to the taskforce members to explain their approach, and the...

For many in local government, the Covid-19 pandemic has been defined not only by huge hardship and challenges, but also by renewed purpose, new partnerships and rediscovered passion for their work. As society takes steps towards ‘normality’, we ask...

Last month, Camden Council became the 54th member of New Local’s network of councils. Director Nick Kimber explores how community power is helping to build a better borough, and why […]