Tag: Governance
The government’s new health white paper sets out steps towards what ‘joined-up care’ will really mean, finally recognising the centrality of place. Claire Kennedy finds much to celebrate, as well as big questions to be answered.
16th February, 2022
A new breed of libertarianism argues that more scientific and data expertise are the only solutions to our democracy’s woes. Adam Lent counters that Westminster’s troubles originate in a crisis […]
25th November, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on how the UK functions: how decisions are made and by whom; the interlocking - or isolated - roles of health care, local government and the private sector - and the 'heroic'...
1st February, 2021
Central government • Covid-19 • Governance • Health and social care • Long read • Strategy and leadership
These are unsettling times – there is much to fear and much to lament. But of all the developments of the last few weeks, the one that I’ve found most […]
27th March, 2020
The realities of the way in which the elecatoral map was redrawn in December mean that Conservative politicians are starting to talk about the economy a little bit differently. Discussions […]
5th February, 2020
NLGN's Director makes the case for a new law that would shift power from public institutions and into the hands of citizens.
11th November, 2019
There is no need for another blog to articulate the complete chaos that the British politics system finds itself in at the present time. As of today, the government teeters […]
26th September, 2019
As millions of citizens across Latin America are seeing their countries become subject to authoritarian rule, the continent appears an unlikely source of inspiration for political innovation. From Nicolás Maduro’s […]
12th March, 2019
This article first appeared on the Local Government Chronicle on 11th May 2018 Dear James, welcome to the strangest job in Whitehall. You are now leading a sector that is […]
14th May, 2018
Increasingly councils are recognising that it is organisational culture not structure that drives impact. But what is the culture of local government? Why is changing it important? And how can […]
18th April, 2018
Community Power • Culture • Devolution and reorganisation • Governance • Strategy and leadership • Think Piece
Just in case he was thinking of launching a new wave of council reorganisation, it might be a good idea for Sajid Javid to examine the Finnish education system. Regularly […]
9th March, 2018
At a time of intense financial pressures and when central government’s mind is on other things, many are asking themselves where local government goes next. In a think-piece launching NLGN’s […]
1st July, 2017
In spring of 2016, NLGN and Veredus held two discussion events on the theme of collaborative leadership.
The participants were council chief executives: the first event representing some northern local authorities and the second, London boroughs. This paper...
10th May, 2016