Articles & Publications

2016

• Exploring the power of parity

Oct 2016

 

• Home Truths

Sept 2016

 

• Four ways to help your city thrive

Aug 2016

 

• A more devolved kingdom

July 2016

 

• LGF needs to be objective and open

Feb 2016

 

2015

• There is no logical reason to pay for social care with local property taxes

October 2015

 

• The idea of self-sufficiency is absurd

LGC, Sept 2015

 

• Ethics - the personal and the public

MJ, Sept 2015

 

• Running elections is a professional privilege

LGC, April 2015

 

• London Councils Re-imagining the role of Councils

March 2015

 

• Not Even Wrong

Jan 2015

 

• There must be an independent review of local govt sustainability

LGC Jan 2015

2014 and before

• A fright at the opera

MJ, Sept 2014

 

• Combined social care authorities

October 2014

 

• Follow the Golden Spiral

MJ, October 2014

 

• Multiculturalism is weakened when individual rights are neglected

LGC, September 2014

 

• We need a smarter approach to supply management

LGC, June 2014

 

• Local Govt needs professional management

LGC, February 2014

 

• The Civic Square & The Public Triangle

Institute for Government: InsideOut, February 2014

 

• Localising business rates: the case against

Local Government Chronicle, December 2011

 

• Tigers, hawks and sharks: re-imagining public leadership

ESADE, October 2011

 

• Better, Quicker, Cheaper

Public Management, ICMA, August 2011

 

• The Power of Proximity

RSA Journal, Summer 2011

 

• Are shared services really out of reach?

The Management Journal, June 2009

 

• Building trust in the community

the Management Journal, June 2009

 

• The shield of survival

Local Government Chronicle, October 2008

 

• Guide to decision making and the art of giving advice

Solace, May 2008

 

• Roots of cooperation and routes to collaboration

In The Collaborative State, Demos, 2007

 

• The Four Things You Need To Know

Public Policy & Administration, June 2007

 

• Making Assets Work

DCLG, May 2007

 

• The Three Rs: respect, reason and rights

Solace Foundation Imprint, December 2006,

 

• The welfare of the people above all

In What is Public Management For?, PMPA, 2006

 

• Innovation in Local Democracy

Local Government Studies, June 2006

 

• Localising Efficiency: more than just saving money

Local Government Studies, November 2005

 

• Local government: the adaptive tier of governance

In The Adaptive State, Demos, 2003