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FINANCE
Locality arrangements must be right to avoid remoteness between new unitaries and residents
By Kathy O'Leary | 16 December 2025
The recent removal of ‘remoteness’ as a factor in determining council funding through the Fair Funding Review makes no allowance for the additional cost of delivering services in rural areas, says ...
SIGOMA
The Recovery Grant: a vital tool to rebuild local communities
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 November 2025
Overall, the Government’s local government finance reforms appear to be a positive step forward o...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed vows to stop those trying to pull country apart
By Dan Peters | 25 November 2025
Communities secretary Steve Reed has vowed to stop ‘people at the extremes of politics who are tr...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...
INTERVENTION
Counting the cost of local government failure
By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2025
Reflecting on the bailout figure announced by the Government as it unveiled plans for two new uni...
DEVOLUTION
Growing London benefits everyone
By Antonia Jennings | 07 October 2025
London must not be ignored as the Government focuses on spreading devolution across England – for...
COHESION
Riding out the perfect storm
By Niall Bolger | 11 September 2025
Niall Bolger says communities are in crisis and leaders must respond with compassion, presence an...
FINANCE
Cuts have hit council financial information, report finds
By Neil Merrick | 22 August 2025
Councillors and members of the public are not being presented with accurate or easy to understand...
FINANCE
Barnet lobbies for fair funding review to reflect care costs
By Dan Peters | 28 May 2025
Barnet LBC is lobbying for adult social care costs to be adequately reflected in the Government’s...
FINANCE
Investment is required in every part of the country
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 May 2025
Positive steps on local government finance need to be backed up by investment and cost-of-living ...
LEADERSHIP
A life-changing move for the best
By Michael Burton | 04 March 2025
As retiring Essex CC chief executive Gavin Jones contemplates spending more time with his family ...
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