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Rising community tensions say council chiefs
COHESION

Rising community tensions say council chiefs

By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2026

A new survey of senior council officers has found nearly three quarters (74%) feel community tensions have risen in the past 12 months.

COHESION

Rebuilding the scaffolding to repair communities

By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2026

Community tensions have been rising in the last year, a new survey by Starfish Search has found. ...

FUEL POVERTY

Why we mustn't lose sight of people while we fix buildings

By Graham Duxbury | 26 January 2026

Graham Duxbury welcomes the Government’s Warm Homes Plan and says that localised support such as ...

GOVERNANCE

The stakes for democracy are high and the challenges of local governance remain

By Kersten England | 26 January 2026

Kersten England predicts continued social and political turbulence through 2026 and says collabor...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

Genuinely local government could be lost to regionalism in the name of 'devolution'

By Cllr Richard Wright | 26 January 2026

'Around the world we see horrifying examples of central government overreach. Such awful things m...

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Turning a moment into a movement

By Dan Crowe | 22 January 2026

3ni has working up and down the country to turn the Government’s Pride in Place programme into 's...

HOUSING

Innovative ways of building homes and upskilling prisoners

By Adele Gritten | 22 January 2026

Adele Gritten explains how prisons, housing providers and public-sector landowners are coming tog...

LGA

National conversation on neighbourhoods needed

By Neil Merrick | 20 January 2026

A senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has called for a national conversation over th...

AI

AI: powering the next chapter of UK local government

By Emma Foy | 19 January 2026

One year on from the national AI Action Plan, Emma Foy says those who move early – and move respo...

DEVOLUTION

Now is the chance for parish and town councils to seize the age-friendly moment

By Charlotte Lewis | 12 January 2026

Plans for local government devolution have the potential to move significant powers to town and p...

LEADERSHIP

A system for success

By Heather Jameson | 23 December 2025

Luton Council’s bold 2040 vision prioritises jobs, homes and safety. Heather Jameson talks to chi...

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