Tag: Future Councils

This session is for senior local government officers to explore the opportunities of working in more experimental and learning centred ways and how to grow these ways of working in […]

16th July, 2026

Experimental • Future Councils • Strategy and leadership

The impact of temporary accommodation for residents continues to be a drain on both those experiencing it and the local authorities providing it. How then can better systems and delivery […]

3rd July, 2026

Future Councils • Partnerships • Temporary Accommodation

Much of the work involved in Local Government Reorganisation is understandably focused on reaching vesting day safely and successfully. Yet while creating new structures is an important milestone, it is […]

17th June, 2026

Devolution and reorganisation • Future Councils • LGR

Lora Botev, Regional Manager at Go Vocal, talks to us about their work as a digital participation platform, working with local authorities and different organisations.

29th October, 2025

Community Power • Future Councils • Go Vocal • Lora Botev

New Local is working with Local Trust to draw on the learning from Big Local and other research to explore how to support the establishment and long-term sustainability of community-run […]

29th October, 2025

Big Local • Future Councils • Local Trust • Place-Based Public Service Reform

September is our contact centre’s busiest time of year without a doubt. Surrey County Council manages the admission of nearly 160,000 pupils to more than 350 state-funded schools. And as […]

19th August, 2025

Call Centre • Future Councils • Strategy and leadership • Surrey County Council

It's been three months since we launched Waves. This is the first in a series of blogs where we’ll share what we’ve discovered, how our thinking has evolved and what we’re finding challenging.

6th August, 2025

AI • Community Power • Digital Democracy • Future Councils • Waves

Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) have never truly been designed; they’ve evolved. Greater Manchester — the starter culture for all MCAs — looked like a reasonably recognisable set of shared functional […]

21st July, 2025

Community Power • English Devo Bill • Future Councils • Mayoral Combined Authorities • Steve Skelton • Strategic authorities

It’s been a year since Labour came into power, bringing with them a commitment to a different way of ‘doing’ government centred around five missions for national renewal. One year […]

9th July, 2025

Future Councils • ICC • Mission-Led Governing • Place-Based Public Service Reform • Strategic authorities • Strategy and leadership

Responding to Government announcements today, Place-Based Public Service Budgets report co-authors, New Local Chief Executive Jessica Studdert and Professorial Research Fellow at Southampton University John Denham, said: “We are pleased to see […]

3rd July, 2025

Community Power • Future Councils • Place-Based Public Service Reform • Total Place

Last month, New Local announced its partnership with Demos on Waves – the largest trial of digital democracy in Britain to date. The Waves project aims to create a digital […]

26th June, 2025

Community Power • Demos • Digital Democracy • Future Councils • Waves

About the project We supported Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils in developing a new joint corporate plan to guide their priorities and activities over the next eight years. Central […]

26th June, 2025

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils • Future Councils • Strategy and leadership

About the Project We worked with Westmorland and Furness Council as a strategic partner to help shape a shared vision, strategic approach, and delivery plan for Community Power. As part […]

26th June, 2025

Community Power • Future Councils • Strategy and leadership • Westmorland and Furness Council

New Local is working in partnership with Inner Circle Consulting on a practical research project on mission-led local government. Local governments (councils and combined authorities) are pioneering new forms of […]

17th June, 2025

Future Councils • ICC • Mission-Led Governing • Place-Based Public Service Reform • Strategic authorities