by Sam Lister | Nov 9, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition, Policy Insights
Sam Lister describes the energy, relationship building and early interventions during the first 100 days of the new ‘free-wheeling sibling’ ‘Learning by doing’ may be a mantra of the start-up scene, but it has also been a necessity in the quick-fire first 100 days of...
by Joe Donohue | Oct 21, 2026 | Articles, Delivery, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Joe Donohue says we can draw inspiration from the success of Tony Blair’s Rough Sleepers Unit and the Greater Manchester experience 1998 would turn out to be a year which sealed my fate in a number of ways. As part of an English assignment looking at...
by Peter McDonald | Aug 11, 2026 | Articles, Devolution Collection, Featured article, In conversation with..., Interviews, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Peter McDonald talks to Sheffield City Council’s Chief Executive, Kate Josephs, about her move to the regions and what devolution may mean for those at the centre This conversation took place before the Prime Minister’s announcement on future devolution (Rewiring the...
by Warren Heppolette | Jul 16, 2026 | Articles, Delivery, Devolution Collection, Eighth Edition, Featured article, Policy Insights
Warren Heppolette explains how devolution can help drive better-targeted and more cost-efficient public services My journey in public service was prompted by my experience 33 years ago in Moldova, an Eastern European country struggling to be reborn as its economy...
by Adam Coutts, Matt Leach and Maria Pravda | Jun 25, 2026 | Articles, Delivery, Devolution Collection, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Mid-Term Transitions Series, Policy Insights
A new Prime Minister must tackle welfare immediately, say Adam Coutts, Matt Leach and Maria Pravda – here’s where to start A mid-term transition creates disruption – but it also creates an opportunity to look again at government priorities and how they are being...