Commissioning is the primary gateway between policymakers setting priorities and the organisations delivering them, translating policy ambition and public resources into practice on the ground.  Yet t...

How do councils keep making progress on climate and nature goals when the landscape is shifting beneath their feet? That was the question at the heart of a recent three-part […]

New Local is delighted to partner with two leading thinkers and practitioners, Cormac Russell and Lisa McNally, to host their provocation paper, which we hope will spark much-needed debate on […]

The Government’s recent cabinet statement lays out a bold and comprehensive set of plans for devolution and public service reform that will fundamentally change where power lies in our country. […]

Emily Brook from Care City CIC and Elspeth Paisley from Community Resources work together in Barking and Dagenham as part of the BD Collective, a member-led co-operative CIC which recognises that we’r...

Following the London Boroughs Women’s Network’s win at the LGC Awards 2026, members of the Chair Committee share the story behind its growth and explain how they’ve built cross-borough collaboration [...

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New Local is delighted to partner with two leading thinkers and practitioners, Cormac Russell and Lisa McNally, to host their provocation paper, which we hope will spark much-needed debate on […]

“This must become a country where every community feels listened to and respected, where every neighbourhood is a place to feel proud of, a place to call home.” The closing […]

New Local is delighted to partner with two leading thinkers and practitioners, Cormac Russell and Lisa McNally, to host their provocation paper, which we hope will spark much-needed debate on […]

In this guest blog, Malvern Hills District Council shares how a growing network of local venues is helping shift wellbeing support from a distant, reactive service into something rooted in […]

Over the last decade, community power has become increasingly important to discussions about the future of public services, local government and democratic renewal. Ahead of his keynote speech at Stro...

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Cate McLaurin is a Senior Director at Public Digital, and on June 16th she’ll be joining us on the Stronger Things Big Ideas Stage for our ‘Building to learn’ session. Ahead of that conversation, draw...

Graham Beamish and Marie Pye explain how Suffolk and Norfolk County Councils have saved 1000 years’ worth of care days for children and young people.

Total Place sometimes seems like the best policy idea that never was. We were really on to something back in 2008: there was so much learning, so much potential....

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Graham Beamish and Marie Pye explain how Suffolk and Norfolk County Councils have saved 1000 years’ worth of care days for children and young people.

Integrated budgets are important, but they are not the endgame. That's the message I've heard loud and clear in the conversations I've had with local leaders as...