SERVICE DELIVERY
Forging the future
By Martin Ford | 25 June 2025
With the sector in crisis and the need for radical change, fundamental questions are being asked about what local government is for. Martin Ford reports.
COHESION
Unrest due to local 'negligence'
By Martin Ford | 24 June 2025
Unrest due to breakdowns on social cohesion has been blamed on ‘negligence at the local level’.
HOUSING
Select committee's 'deep concern' over threat to housebuilding
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2025
A select committee chair has told chancellor Rachel Reeves she is ‘deeply concerned’ over possibl...
GOVERNANCE
The importance of ensuring good governance
By Abdool Kara | 11 May 2025
Abdool Kara says: 'It’s worth considering how to achieve good governance in the challenging conte...
FINANCE
McMahon: End to 'shaming' preventing bankruptcies
By Martin Ford | 07 May 2025
An end to ‘public shaming’ of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government...
PLANNING
Call for caution over land value capture reform
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2025
Experts have urged against wholesale reform of developer contributions despite the flaws within t...
FINANCE
Policy action needed to solve financial challenges
By Martin Ford | 08 April 2025
Radical short-term fixes followed by changes in policy are required to shore-up local government ...
FINANCE
Government to set out SEND deficit plans
By Martin Ford | 03 April 2025
The Government is to set out how it will tackle the £6bn special educational needs and disabiliti...
HOMELESSNESS
Picking up the pieces of a financial death loop
By Heather Jameson | 03 April 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'Amid a well-rehearsed list of increasing crises facing local authorities, ...
FINANCE
Council finance system 'not fit for purpose', MPs told
By Martin Ford | 11 March 2025
The system for turning around councils in financial distress is ‘not fit for purpose’ councillors...
POLITICS
Housing: This time it's personal
By Martin Ford | 12 February 2025
Martin Ford sat down with the Housing, Communities and Local Government committee’s new chair Flo...
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