Welcome to the Local Government Leaders podcast from Public Intelligence and the MJ. This episode features a conversation between Baroness Scott of Bybrook and Mike Bennett when they met recently in the House of Lords. Jane Scott, has been the Conservative leader of the Wiltshire Council since June 2009 and before that of its predecessor, the forme…

This is a special edition of the Local Government Leaders podcast from the Cipfa conference in Manchester presented by Mike Bennett. Local Government Leaders is published by Public Intelligence and The MJ.The podcast contains a series of interviews, conversations and vox pops with speakers and delegates from the conference which capture insight and…

In this third edition of the Local Government Leaders Podcast, Mike Bennett speaks to Dr Barry Quirk CBE, the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Lewisham, about his unique career. Barry talks about changing perceptions of chief executives from Jedi Knights to "zeros". Barry also discusses the impact of austerity, the abolition of the Audit Co…