Tag: Future Councils

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