We need to ignore initial optimistic financial civid induced financial picture and examine post covid realities.

Adrian Jenkins of Pixel Financial Management has agreed to provide his local government financial knowledge in seriesvof trial podcasts for the benefit of listeners interested in the subject. Please Look out for what is coming down the line

The present English Social Care Support system is means tested and if you have over £23,250 in assets you will have to fully pay for your own social care. A zero cap social care system would cost an extra £7.8 bn a year by 23/24 and I believe this is a price worth paying for the security of our people. Let's do it.

This speech was given in Polish during my father's 1966 trip to Toronto to speak to a sub branch of the Regiment's Association. It gives a history of the regiment's struggles and rhe fate of the post war Anders generation who lived their life outside of Poland until democracy was restored in 1989. Please listen to the Speech!

This podcast discusses the crucial relationship between effective change management and effective operational resilience. Both are a constant improvement journey which is always iterative and which we can never ignore.

This podcast discusses how to define optimism and how it contrasts with pessimism and disappointment. A resilient organisation relies on optimistic resilient people who are determined to resolve challenges.

This podcast gives the views of Grove Consulting on the April 2021 Cipfa Consultation on changes to the Prudential Code on local Authority Borrowing, Investment and Treasury Management.

How the latest UK Government Budget relates to local government and unprotected services

Trustees andnon executives should have more courage.