Minister suggests commissioners needed for Croydon
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2025
Minister Jim McMahon has suggested escalating Croydon LBC’s statutory intervention to a commissioner-led model to ensure it can ‘achieve sustained change at the pace needed’.
Spending Review: Reeves pledges to put sector on 'sustainable footing'
By Heather Jameson | 11 June 2025
Health, defence and schools were the big winners in the Spending Review, but Whitehall claimed it would put local government back on a 'sustainable footing'.
Spending Review: £39bn funding boost for social and affordable housing
By Paul Marinko | 11 June 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £39bn investment in social and affordable housing over the next 10 years in the Government’s Spending Review.
Hertfordshire ditches single unitary proposal
By Paul Marinko | 13 June 2025
Change of leadership at Hertfordshire CC following May’s local elections has led to a single unit...
Council tax to shoulder funding boosts
By Martin Ford | 12 June 2025
Increases to funding for local government and the police in the Spending Review will rely heavily...
Streeting urges NHS to 'work better with local government'
By Michael Burton | 12 June 2025
Health and care secretary Wes Streeting has promised mayors and council leaders ‘a seat at the ta...
Minister suggests commissioners needed for Croydon
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2025
Minister Jim McMahon has suggested escalating Croydon LBC’s statutory intervention to a commissio...
'A drop in the ocean'
By By Paul Marinko | 12 June 2025
Sector dismisses meagre government funding as consultants cash in on reorganisation
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