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Is English devolution in a holding pattern hiatus?
By David Blackman | 20 January 2026
What impact will the delays to the mayoral elections in Greater Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Norfolk & Suffolk and Sussex & Brighton have on devolution? David Blackman reports.
Extra funds for councils under SEND reforms
By Martin Ford | 19 January 2026
‘Additional funding’ will be provided to councils as part of reforms to services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a minister has confirmed.
What CIPFA's Financial Resilience Index reveals about risk and reform
By Florence Bastos | 20 January 2026
CIPFA and Infoshare+’s Financial Resilience Index shows that better planning horizons will not be enough on their own to bring back long-term financial sustainability to councils, says Florence Bastos.
Picture remains unclear over local elections delays
By Martin Ford | 21 January 2026
Uncertainty hangs over attempts to delay local elections in almost 30 councils amid a legal chall...
Scottish councils failing to spend house building funds
By Neil Merrick | 21 January 2026
Councils and housing associations in Scotland are failing to spend significant sums put aside for...
Government fails on mental health funding pledge
By Exclusive by Dan Peters | 21 January 2026
The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental heal...
Epsom & Ewell mulls suing leisure operator
By Dan Peters | 21 January 2026
Epsom & Ewell BC has ‘retained legal expert support’ as it considers suing the former operator of...
Reed steps up Tower Hamlets intervention
By Joe Lepper | 20 January 2026
The Government is stepping up its intervention in the running of Tower Hamlets LBC amid fresh dou...
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Is English devolution in a holding pattern hiatus?
'What impact will the delays to the mayoral elections in Greater Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Norfolk & Suffolk and Sussex & Brighton have on devolution? David Blackman reports. '
20 January 2026
Challenging the LGR wisdom
'As local government faces the next round of reorganisation, Dorset Council chief Catherine Howe challenges the assumption that only county-scale leaders can run a unitary. Heather Jameson reports.'
By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2026
Children's services: What good looks like in Solihull
By Paul Johnson | 20 January 2026
Solihull MBC’s journey from Inadequate to Good in its latest Inspection of Local Authority Childr...
From adult social care international recruitment crisis to collaboration
By Pete Fahy | 19 January 2026
Pete Fahy looks at how the West Midlands is rewriting the future of social care workforce plannin...
Regeneration: Tenacity, not tenure: keeping a long-term project on track
By Nick Eveleigh | 23 December 2025
Delivering a new train station in Chelmsford has been a decades-long project. Nick Eveleigh refle...
The risks of developing new 'greenfield' unitaries deserve thought
By Gill Kneller | 20 January 2026
'At the same time as embracing the opportunities of reorganisation, we must also remain clear-eye...
Councils defy party lines on election delays
By Martin Ford | 15 January 2026
Council leaders have strayed from party lines over proposals to delay local elections.
LGA's in need of a welcome revamp
By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2026
Now that the details of plans to reorganise the LGA are out, Heather Jameson says the organisatio...
EXCLUSIVE: LGA plan hits mid ranks
By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2026
The latest plans to slash the pay for Local Government Association (LGA) staff are unlikely to hi...
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