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Podcast: Radical Reformers podcast
Episode: Place Leadership With Sam Plum - Radical Reformers Podcast
Description: This episode is with Sam Plum, the inaugural Chief Executive of the new Westmorland and Furness Council. This council was created when Cumbria County Council split into two – so Westmorland and Furness has half the old County Council and the three districts, which used to sit in that geographical footprint.
This #RadicalReformers episode is part of the February "Place Leadership" theme of our #PrioritisingPublicServices campaign.
Sam gives her perspective on the different stages of implementing the change, starting with a period where the focus is on settling and stabilising. However, Sam has never lost sight of the forward vision and en...