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Culture · Greater ManchesterMayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) have never truly been designed; they’ve evolved. Greater Manchester — the starter culture for all MCAs — looked like a reasonably recognisable set of shared functional teams until the Mayoralty was ‘craned on’ in return for the 2014 Devolution Deals. The arrival of Andy Burnham a few years later prompted further evolution, as have more recent developments such as the introduction of an Integrated Settlement. E…Read Article
Designing Strategic Authorities: culture, capability and a compelling Story

England · England‘If you were going to design English local government from scratch, you wouldn’t have come up with this.’ Versions of this observation will be familiar to many in and around the sector relating to the split between district and county tiers and asymmetric arrangements that have emerged over the years. The Government intends to overcome […]Read Article
Local Government Reorganisation and the art of the possible

England · EnglandAt this How We Did It we’ll hear from Claire Notman, Senior Manager, Communities, Westmorland and Furness Council who will focus on their strategy ‘powered by communities’. The post How We Did It: Igniting the power of place through strategic working with communities and within partnerships appeared first on New Local.Read Article