by Martin Ellender | Aug 6, 2026 | Local government transformation
Recently, IMPOWER joined the County Councils Network (CCN) for a discussion with Directors of Children’s Services from authorities across England going through local government reorganisation. Between them, the Directors represented services supporting millions...
by Dominic Luscombe | Jul 23, 2026 | Local government transformation
Last Thursday I joined a roundtable with senior officers from the East of England focused on the challenges and opportunities of local government reorganisation (LGR) for children’s services. Presentations from local authorities with previous experience of...
by Tom Berry | Jul 17, 2026 | Local government transformation
Written by Tom Berry & Jennifer Collins Public Finance Live is always a welcome opportunity to step away from the day job, catch up with finance colleagues from across the country and take stock of what’s happening in local government. This year...
by Ebony Hughes | Jul 14, 2026 | Local government transformation
In February, IMPOWER and CIPFA brought together senior leaders from local government, finance and the NHS to explore a pressing question: what does it really take to deliver transformation in increasingly complex public sector systems? The discussion’s write-up,...
by Ruth Luscombe | Jul 13, 2026 | Local government transformation
Written by Ruth Luscombe & Gaby Sims “We have reform everywhere all at once,” said Adrian Smith, Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire County Council, opening our recent Shared Learning Event. The scale and pace of change facing councils present significant...
by Ebony Hughes | Jul 10, 2026 | Local government transformation
“What if rather than trying to organise an optimal response to current operating conditions, what we did was to optimise our capacity to respond to the changing nature of the world?” This is a question posed by a participant of IMPOWER’s Complex Transformation...
