by Jon Ainger | May 28, 2026 | Local government transformation
Last week, at my first UKREiiF conference, I joined a roundtable on fiscal devolution hosted by The MJ and IMPOWER, alongside Core Cities Chief Executives and Mayoral Combined Authority Chief Executives. It was a conversation that stayed with me on the train home....
by Jon Ainger | Sep 28, 2023 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation
The number of authorities reporting severe pressures has been really striking. The good news is there are proven, well-evidenced approaches which get to the heart of spending. The hot weather in September may have fooled some of us into thinking that the summer hadn’t...
by Jon Ainger | Jul 3, 2023 | Adult social care, Local government transformation
Reflections from Public Finance Live 2023 Last week I thoroughly enjoyed the company of public sector finance professionals at Public Finance Live in Westminster. There were some great sessions and, despite some very tough messages about the external challenges, there...
by Jon Ainger | Oct 19, 2021 | Other, Place
At IMPOWER we have worked hard over a number of years to develop and refine our EDGEWORK approach, which reliably delivers sustainable change in some of the most complex challenges facing our public service clients. A key feature of EDGEWORK is that it is constantly...
by Jon Ainger | Jul 29, 2021 | Adult social care, Local government transformation, Place
The implications of the ‘energy crisis’ will start to become more apparent as the year unfolds We recently co-produced a report with the County Councils Network – ‘Riding the waves – strengthening council resilience’ – which highlighted that organisational resilience...
