When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are ...

LGC asked some of the leading figures in the sector to outline their hopes or predictions for the 2026. Here is the first set of responses.

American politics is broken, but not in the way most people think. The problem isn't just the money – it's where the money comes from. Since Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" in 1994, we've ...

The 2026 National Local Government Elections will function as a referendum on governance rather than ideology, competence rather than history, and ethical credibility rather than symbolism. The ...

Yang, X. (2026) The Impact of Local Government Power Reform on Local Public Services: Evidence from Suzhou, China. Chinese ...

LGC asked some of the leading figures in the sector to outline their hopes or predictions for the 2026. Here is the second ...