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Picture remains unclear over local elections delays
ELECTIONS

Picture remains unclear over local elections delays

By Martin Ford | 21 January 2026

Uncertainty hangs over attempts to delay local elections in almost 30 councils amid a legal challenge by Reform UK.

SOLACE

How councils can best prepare for a new political administration

By Graeme McDonald | 21 January 2026

By making preparations early, council employees can help new administrations avoid the pitfalls o...

DEVOLUTION

Is English devolution in a holding pattern hiatus?

By David Blackman | 20 January 2026

What impact will the delays to the mayoral elections in Greater Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, ...

ELECTIONS

Councils defy party lines on election delays

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2026

Council leaders have strayed from party lines over proposals to delay local elections.

ELECTIONS

Elections could be postponed in reorganisation areas

By Martin Ford | 18 December 2025

Councils undergoing local government reorganisation (LGR) could see elections postponed by a year.

DEVOLUTION

Calls to refund costs of postponed elections

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2025

Calls have been made to reimburse councils for money spent preparing for postponed mayoral electi...

ELECTIONS

Elections overhaul could ease postal vote pressure

By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025

An overhaul of polling stations to be piloted in May’s elections could help ease pressures on ele...

ELECTIONS

Council calls for elections delay

By Izzy Lepone | 20 November 2025

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has asked the Government to postpone next year’s local gove...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025

Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first ele...

LGA

Government stands firm on committee system abolition

By Martin Ford | 24 October 2025

Local government minister Steve Reed has rebuffed a plea to look again at its move to scrap the c...

REORGANISATION

Reform council backs county unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2025

Reform-led Warwickshire CC has backed a plan for a county unitary and a bid to join the West Midl...

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