Insights

Public service sourcing and contracting arrangements have been in sharp focus since the collapse of Carillion in 2018 The government decided action was needed to improve the situation and developed the Sourcing Playbook to capture best practice in large-scale sourcing projects. This includes where there is a choice to outsource, establish a public-private partnership, insource […]

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has published its long-awaited guidance on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract expiry. Its primary purpose is to provide practical help on managing the expiry of PFI contracts. Local Partnerships helped to develop the guidance alongside other Government departments and authorities. The guidance captures best practice and learning from expiring and expired PFI contracts. It […]

The Climate Change Adaptation Team at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are starting to consider and plan for the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP), due to be published in 2023. This process includes engaging with different sectors, including on addressing climate risks set out in the recently published Climate Change Risk […]

Linking the circular economy and net zero – Cross-service working will allow local government to unlock green and resource-efficient change Reduce, reuse and repair must be the mantra as we transform from waste disposal and recycling into a circular economy, fuelling our journey toward net zero and linking the circular economy and net zero As […]

A new toolkit for local authority funding bid preparation in advance of the next round of the Levelling Up Fund is launched today. It will help councils improve the quality of their Levelling Up Fund bids and select projects that are most likely to succeed in attracting an award.Round 1 of the £4.8bn Levelling Up […]

As we de-couple economic growth from resource consumption, references to waste management are being replaced by the term ‘resource efficiency’ and a new, circular economy; where precious resources are kept in circulation for as long as possible through repair, reuse and recycling. Councils are at the forefront of the revolution. Although progress towards resource efficiency […]

Local Partnerships and the LGA are jointly hosting a webinar on 20 January from 10am-11.30am to provide more information on our new free climate adaptation toolkit for local authorities. The toolkit is intended to provide a supportive framework to enable local authorities to develop their risk assessments and adaptation pathways by providing a bridge to […]

Over the last year, Local Partnerships has helped Government review the deliverability of hundreds of funding bids, from across the country, to support future high street and levelling up initiatives. Join members of our bid review team for a lunchtime webinar effective bidding for funding on 13 December from 12noon – 12.45pm to consider the […]

The MJ and Local Partnerships are pleased to announce that the third and final episode of our COP26 podcast series is now available to watch or listen to. This episode spotlights what we have learned from the COP, and what it will mean for local government. Today’s guests are: The podcast series is designed for […]

The MJ and Local Partnerships are pleased to announce that the second episode of our COP26CAST podcast series is now available to watch or listen to. This episode considers key points that have emerged from the first week with particular scrutiny of the World Leaders’ Summit, Finance and Energy. Today’s guests are The podcast series […]

The MJ and Local Partnerships are pleased to announce that the first episode of our COP26 podcast series is now available to watch or listen to. This episode focuses on the aims of COP26 and what local and combined authorities should look out for in the run up to the summit. Today’s guests include Martin […]

The MJ and Local Partnerships are collaborating to host a podcast series during COP26, designed for local authorities seeking to understand the implications of COP26 and decode what the high-level statements actually mean for the local government sector.   Special guests on the podcast will include chief executives of top performing authorities such as We will […]

The MJ and Local Partnerships jointly hosted a Climate action webinar series in the run up to COP26, designed for local authorities seeking to accelerate their action on the climate crisis through practical solutions. The webinars, chaired by Heather Jameson, Editor of The MJ, utilise the experience of Local Partnerships and The MJ, and feature insights and delivery advice […]

Join The MJ and Local Partnerships for a series of three webinars focused on the practical acceleration of climate action in the run up to COP26. Chaired by Heather Jameson, The MJ’s editor, we will feature insights and delivery advice from the winners, highly commended and commended local authorities in the 2021 MJ Award: “leadership in responding to the […]

The MJ and Local Partnerships will jointly host a webinar series in the run up to COP26, designed for local authorities seeking to accelerate their action on the climate crisis through practical solutions. It utilises the experience of Local Partnerships and The MJ, and features insights and delivery advice from the local authorities who submitted outstanding applications to the 2021 MJ Award: “leadership in responding to the climate emergency”. Join […]

I am delighted to announce the launch of our local authority company review guidance. Recently many councils have seen the need to review their wholly or partly owned companies to provide assurance that the governance structures and processes for managing risk are sufficiently robust and that their companies are meeting their expectations, delivering real benefits, […]