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• All local authorities will feel the consequences of the Grenfell fire | David Walker
  Public Leaders Network: Guardian 22 Jun 17
  Why did Kensington and Chelsea, seen in Whitehall and more widely as a safe of pair of hands, handle the crisis so badly? Grenfell Tower has dealt a severe blow to the reputation of local government. It will hit the devolution agenda, reform…
• Keeping our communities safe
  LGiU’s Local Democracy Blog 22 Jun 17
  Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive of LGiU, comments: It’s been a very difficult few weeks for local government as for the country as a whole. We have had three fatal terrorist attacks and the horrific loss of life in the Grenfell Tower fire…
• Aphorism 173
  Public Strategist 21 Jun 17
  Don’t have a digital strategy, execute your strategy digitally Jørgen vig Knudstorp, quoted by Janet Hughes Past aphorisms are collected on the aphorism archive page
• Breaking in a new generation of public speakers
  UK Gov Digital Service Blog 21 Jun 17
  Creative writer Lucy Carey discusses a new peer-led initiative we’ve been developing at GDS to usher more women towards the podium – Break into Public Speaking.
• The government responded swiftly to 7/7. What went wrong at Grenfell Tower? | Melanie Henwood
  Public Leaders Network: Guardian 21 Jun 17
  All emergency situations are different, but the response to the tower block fire has exposed huge failings in both central and local government Since the catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower there has been mounting criticism of the government…
• Grenfell Tower is a terrible betrayal of human rights | Leilani Farha
  Public Leaders Network: Guardian 21 Jun 17
  The tragic fire remains a symbol of what has gone wrong in housing for poor people, despite my warnings to the UK government not to ignore human rights In 2013 my predecessor, Raquel Rolnik, the UN-appointed special rapporteur on the right…
• Progress on digital government 'painfully slow'
  Institute for Government 20 Jun 17
  A new report argues the digitisation of government and public services is happening too slowly in the UK. Published today by the Institute for Government, Improving the management of digital government says that appointing a minister responsible…
• A Changemaking Vision for Local Government
  New Local Government Network PR 20 Jun 17
  At a time of intense financial pressures and when central government’s mind is on other things, many are asking themselves where local government goes next. In a think-piece launching NLGN’s new vision, Adam Lent and Jessica Studdert call …
• Why I swapped the global for the local
  New Local Government Network News 20 Jun 17
  This week, Richard Nelmes joined the NLGN team as Head of Network, following almost a decade at the United Nations Association. The United Nations is a global body of 193 countries that was created with the express purpose of preventing a …
• Strategic writing, strategic reading
  Public Strategist 19 Jun 17
  Things have been a bit quiet round here for a while. The list of posts which have been started continues to lengthen. The list of posts which have been finished and published remains rather stuck. One reason for that is that I have been spending…