Truth about Local Government

21:59

Focus on an inclusive economy rather than just growth...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/17

.Sarah Longlands is the Chief Executive of Centre for Local Economic Strategies. Sarah is an expert in regional and local economic development and argues for economic and social justice and the creation of places which enable people to live good lives. Her knowledge and passion for the sector is inspiring and she talked me through the need to re defining the narrative around local government and the need for economic strategies to focus on creating inclusive economies rather than just growth.

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19:57

Back to Basics: The Foundation of Effective Local...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/16

Great to sit down with Mark Smith, Chief Executive of Chippenham Town Council. At the core of our conversation was advice to local government leaders on the steps to provide stability as a leader and the positive outcomes that flow from this.

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20:45

Balancing Act: Parenting in Public Service with James...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/15

James Hewings is a father, a property professional working for Surrey County Council and is studying for job related qualifications. He is a busy man and being a good father and good employee are two top priorities. Today we discussed what employees and employers can do to help support parents and get the best out of them.

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22:06

How to develop a culture & heritage strategy with Dr...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/15

Culture and heritage can sometimes be an after thought for local authorities; but, it is imperative that you get a strategy in place. Today we sat down with Dr Tim Jenkins, a culture & heritage advisor who supports local authorities define and then realise their culture and heritage ambitions. We discussed: 1. The Future of Local Authority Museums(Legislation, Funding, Societal Cohesion, Place-shaping & Identity, Interpretation of Collection)2. Managing & Conserving Public Heritage

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16:21

Navigating the Digital Frontier with Socitm ft David...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/13

Today we hosted the Director of Engagement from Socitm, David Ogden. We discussed the Public sector digital trends 2024, its implications and the position that Socitm is taking in the sector.

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19:01

Revamping Success: Restructuring Organisations...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/09

With so many local authorities needing to restructure to achieve cost savings, I spoke with Sarah Hayward a highly experienced Director of Change and Improvement about advice she would give to authorities going through this transition. The conversation covers, how to identify low hanging fruit, the importance of honesty and integrity, having evidence based outcomes in your financial decision making and the importance of using and collecting data to support a clearly articulate objective and mission

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22:11

Digital Vision Roundtable - an 'art of possible'...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/09

Great to sit down with Richard Twelvetrees, Experience & Value Enablement Director, from de Novo Solutions. We explored how local authorities can use brainstorming collaboration to maximise their digital investment and get continued value from their digital transformation journey. Such an important topic.

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21:10

Finding the Balance: Navigating Flexible Working for...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/08

Today I sat down with Rich Hanrahan, Co Founder of RPNA, who helps leaders develop high performing teams, lead more effectively and create unstoppable momentum. We discussed the problem, around the war for talent - how to attract and retain the best people. One of the key levers that councils can utilise is flexible working arrangements. Rich talked through how we can make flexibility work for employer and employee. Our conversations answers the following questions:What do we mean by flexibility in

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22:56

How to fix the high street with Andrew McDonald &...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/06

SaveTheHighStreet.org launched in August 2016 with the the release of a Manifesto that outlined a new vision for the high street and how we achieve it together.Today, SaveTheHighStreet.org is led by a passionate dedicated team, an Advisory Board of 200+ high street businesses and industry experts, a fast-growing community of Local Champions and dozens of other partners across both public and private sectors. Together they have supported over 25,000 local businesses in the U.K. and we’re just getting

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23:18

Unlocking the East Midlands: Exploring the Combined...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/04

Join us in this episode of Truth about local government, as we delve into the intricacies of the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) with Damien Dacey - Interim Director of Devolution. As one of the UK's pivotal regions, the East Midlands is undergoing transformative changes, and understanding the role and impact of the EMCCA is essential.In this episode, we uncover the following:What is the East Midlands Combined County Authority?Where are you now on bringing devolution to the East

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21:06

Local government trading companies - what you need to...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/04/02

Ben is a highly regarded local government executive director, management consultant, non-exec director and poacher/gamekeeper with almost 40 years public services experience. Throughout Ben’s substantive and consulting career he has a successful track record of managing, leading, and transforming services and commercial ventures across People, Place and Corporate Services, often in highly political and unionised environments. A bright, creative thinker, consultative and facilitative by nature, Ben

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23:29

The need for robustness with councils code of conduct...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/28

I sat down with Helen McGrath, Executive DIrector of Policy and Governance at the LLG (Lawyers in Local Government). We discussed the need for robustness with councils code of conduct, particularly on the use of council address for political purposes.We then explored how this can be extended by reference to cllr addresses and the increase in abuse against them.

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18:56

How to gets the most from your recruitment managed...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/28

Recruitment and retention are two of the largest challenges facing the local authority space. With so much spend on interim staff, councils utilise MSP (managed service providers) to deliver a cost effective and trackable recruitment service. For any council with an MSP, re tendering or considering using an MSP, finding a cost effective solution, that meets your financial, social and organisational requirement is extremely challenging. Today we have to experts from Page Group, Dale Hampshire -

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23:04

The constitutional standing and status of local...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/28

In our second part with the eminent Colin Copus, we discussed the constitutional standing and status of local government. We explored why we need to emphasise the ‘government’ in local government more – the sorts of freedoms, powers and autonomy that is commonplace to local government across the globe, but lacking here and why.

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20:37

How to improve integration in health and social care...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/27

Great to sit down with Lauren Sadler, who is a health and social care transformation consultant, exploring how we can achieve better integration between local authorities and the NHS. We explored the challenges and the solutions in a compact, but highly productive conversation. If you start with the why, instead of the governance, the momentum can help overcome the considerable challenges to integration.

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18:04

Addressing inequality via flexible working and place...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/25

Today Alison and I explored how by utilising the levers of flexible working and placemaking we can tackle inequality within society.

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20:28

How to build and retain a legal team with Sarah Hall.

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/08

Sarah Hall is the Deputy Director of Law and Governance at West Northamptonshire Council. She shared her experience of recruiting an entire new legal team from essentially a standing start when the new unitary was formed. She gave her advice to monitoring officers and legal leaders about how she has via direct recruitment achieved this.Sarah's proactive and entrepreneurial approach is exactly what the local government sector needs to do more of. Instead of trying to achieve a different outcome with

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20:20

Collaboration in IT, has infinite potential for the...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/07

For me LocalGov Drupal is the epitome of the potential of local government. Instead of each council reinventing the wheel, via collaboration they are saving councils time, money and the isolation of tackling IT challenges alone. What WillCallaghan, Co Founder and Product & Project Lead and his team have created is an inspiration. The profit that come from the group go back into the platform. LocalGov Drupal is the publishing platform created by councils, for councils. It has 44 member local

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22:28

How to grow your electric vehicle infrastructure with...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/07

The future of the expansion of green transport fundamentally relies on the ability of local and central government to embrace electric vehicle infrastructure.Today I sat down with Adrian Fielden-Gray COO - Be.EV; Co-Founder.Be.Ev is responsible for the growth and ongoing operations of the 'Be.EV' network, currently the largest network of public EV chargers in Greater Manchester and expanding across the North of England. Cover the full life cycle from design though to installation, ongoing operations

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19:44

How to get central government to play ball, Ft Majeed...

Truth about Local Government ·

2024/03/06

It was great to sit down with Majeed Neky, Assistant Director - Economy at West London Alliance to discuss what local government can do to encourage devolution from central government. Majeed has worked at a senior level in both central and local government and thus provides a really interesting vantage point, to discuss how local and central government can best work together. We discussed: Local and central government: the view from both sidesDecentralisation and accountability – why is central

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