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By Duncan Flynn | 18 March 2025
Duncan Flynn looks at what the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will do for economic growth, and what it means for local government and he concludes that the future appears more strategic and less localist
Funding resets should tie in with multi-year settlements, says report
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Minister: 500,000 figure for unitaries an 'average'
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Jim McMahon has said a population size of 500,000 could end up as the ‘average’ when unitary government is completed across the country.
Brum rejects independent inquiry call
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Spelthorne faces Government intervention
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Government insists counties hand over reorganisation data
By Paul Marinko | 14 March 2025
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Minister cites international politics for reorganisation delays
By Paul Marinko | 14 March 2025
Local government minister Baroness Sharon Taylor has cited geopolitical uncertainty as a potentia...
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