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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Opposition leader refuses to sign 'NDA' over £10m payment
By Dan Peters | 19 December 2025
An opposition leader has refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in return for being told the facts behind a £10m payment to waste firm Biffa.
LEGISLATION
The Hillsborough Law: Four things to know and start preparing for
By Ridwan Omar | 02 December 2025
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill, often referred to as the Hillsborough Law, was recently ...
LEADERSHIP
Building teams with the complementary leadership strengths to tackle devolution
By Elle Robinson | 20 October 2025
Elle Robinson explains how Hanover’s Leadership Code and its archetypes can support councils to m...
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...
SCRUTINY
'Blindsided' councillors back scrutiny improvements
By Joe Lepper | 01 August 2025
Councillors have backed measures to improve Cardiff Capital Region’s scrutiny process, including ...
DEVOLUTION
Future-proofing devolution
By Professor John Denham | 14 July 2025
Devolution will need strong statutory underpinning and a long-term, cross-departmental ambition i...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Citizen engagement: a new paradigm for local government
By Jason Lowther | 01 July 2025
Citizen engagement is sometimes treated as something at the margins of decision-making, but a new...
SCRUTINY
Grenfell: Restorative scrutiny 'could help all councils'
By Ann McGauran | 26 June 2025
A restorative scrutiny approach aimed at helping rebuild trust after the Grenfell tragedy could h...
SCRUTINY
Rebuilding trust is everybody's business
By Sarah Castell | 26 June 2025
Restorative approaches developed after the Grenfell tragedy are relevant everywhere, argue Dawn P...
SCRUTINY
Creating space to listen
By Joe Philp | 26 June 2025
Eight years on from the Grenfell tragedy, Callum Wilson and Joe Philp reflect on what Kensington ...
POLITICS
Yusuf returns to Reform to lead DOGE team
By William Eichler | 09 June 2025
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf will return to the party to run its team tasked with scrutinising council f...
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