Future Local Lab
Local Government Explained
Local Elections England: 2026
“Delivering Through Change”
This article introduces a new report from SCAPE, in partnership with LGIU, that explores how councils across England are responding to growing financial pressures and service demands. Based on insights from 70 senior officers across 63 authorities, Delivering Through Change highlights both the challenges and the solutions shaping local delivery.
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How do we unlock preventative investment?
Realistically, prevention is the only sustainable solution to the prospect of ever-increasing demand for reactive public sector services. Local government has the motivation and the opportunity; it lacks only the means. This briefing reviews two recent publications that provide evidence and make the case for investment in preventative services.
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