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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 election for a directly elected mayor taking place in 2027.
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...
WHITEHALL
Ministers axe elections holiday compensation
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025
Ministers have decided the Government will no longer reimburse electoral services staff if a late...
REFORM UK CONFERENCE
Farage eyes London council elections and the Mayoral race
By Ann McGauran | 06 September 2025
All of London’s boroughs are in the electoral sights of Reform UK next year as it ‘gets ready to ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA must show its value to councils, says Reform UK group leader
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025
Reform UK will review its decision to have a group at the Local Government Association (LGA) afte...
PEOPLE
Earnshaw announces West Northamptonshire departure
By Dan Peters | 14 August 2025
West Northamptonshire Council’s chief executive Anna Earnshaw has announced she will be leaving t...
ELECTIONS
Government proposes Automatic Voter Registration move
By Dan Peters | 17 July 2025
Government plans to move to Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) will ‘make life simpler for everyo...
ELECTIONS
Elections 'uncertainty' hindered preparations
By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025
‘Uncertainty’ over whether this year's county council elections would go ahead hampered officers’...
ELECTIONS
Under pressure: The strain of snap elections
By Peter Stanyon | 09 July 2025
Peter Stanyon says election teams must have the legislation, systems and funding in place if they...
ELECTIONS
Reform LGA leader nominated
By Paul Marinko | 26 June 2025
Reform UK has decided who the leader and deputy leader of its new Local Government Association gr...
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