First in our series of articles exploring the winners at Chambers Ireland 2022 Excellence in Local Government Awards, we hear from Mayo County Council on how the Clew Bike trail won the Supporting Tourism Award.
Andy Williams, Director of Business, Investment and Culture at Coventry City Council, reflects on recent changes across the nation and what this all means for his local authority and Coventry as a whole – who are spearheading opportunities for significant technological development right now.
This year sees the return of the LGIU finance survey. Greg Stride highlights the trends and lessons of past surveys and outlines how we’ll be working with local government to understand the current situation and support members.
All Things Ireland is the LGIU’s way of bringing you all the latest local government reports and updates from the week so far.
It’s been a big week for Scotland as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigned – an announcement that seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Be sure to catch up with all the key news, reports and updates for local government right here in our popular All Things Scotland weekly series.
Peter Smith rounds up the local government news of the week in All Things England.
In his latest column, LGIU’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Carr-West, discusses the uncertain financial outlook for local government in England as the country faces a period of economic recovery while also trialling out the increasingly popular ChatGPT AI tool.
As the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) comes into play this week, Derek Robertson, Chief Executive of the Green Action Trust writes about the importance of embedding the climate and nature emergencies across planning policy and placing a stronger emphasis than ever before on the tangible actions that can address these twin crises.
Collecting and diverting materials from landfills is one thing but creating a circular economy for recyclable materials is another. While countries across the world operate various structures to incentivise the return of recyclable goods, this blog explores Bendigo’s plan to incentivise a circular economy for recyclable goods.
Continuing with LGIU’s 2023 local government leadership series, Kim and Thomas spoke with Aberdeenshire Council’s Chief Executive, Jim Savege, to find out more about what the Council is trying to achieve this year.
