Tag: LGR

Working with leaders who have been engaged in local government reorganisation (LGR) over the past year has been an exercise in wrestling with paradox. The process is both a huge […]

As I step into the role of New Local Interim Chief Executive, and as we begin 2026, I find myself reflecting on how far the shared work of building a […]

Last week, I had the privilege of hosting a New Local member session on LGR and digital. As our final member event of the year, it offered not just insight, […]

As we close off our formal member sessions for 2025, our Head of Network, Laura Payne, reflects on a year of learning through change and complexity. 2025 has asked a […]

As new unitary councils come into being, many will face immediate expectation to deliver cost savings from day one. Yet the reality of transformation, integration and service redesign is more […]

‘If you were going to design English local government from scratch, you wouldn’t have come up with this.’ Versions of this observation will be familiar to many in and around […]

New Local is convening this peer-led session with chief executives and senior officers involved in LGR to explore how in practice community-led ways of working and collaboration can enabled through […]