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POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms
By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026
Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special education needs and disabilities (SEND) system.
WALES
Review of Welsh funding formula already underway
By Paul Marinko | 05 June 2026
Wales’ new local government minister has said work has already started on reviewing the country’s...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control
By By Martin Ford | 04 June 2026
Experts have sounded a warning over government plans to detail a ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution.
DEVOLUTION
Building trust, capacity and accountability in England's strategic authorities
By Sandy Forsyth | 04 June 2026
To address the complexities in the evolution of strategic authorities, devolution needs to work b...
LGA
LGA chair to stand down
By Paul Marinko | 03 June 2026
Cllr Louise Gittins has today announced her intention to stand down as chair of the Local Governm...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Return of the Extended Ministerial Office?
By David Godfrey | 03 June 2026
Amidst the current calls for civil service reform, David Godfrey asks if Extended Ministerial Off...
FINANCE
Government to crack down on risky council investments
By Neil Merrick | 29 May 2026
Ministers are poised to crackdown on risky council investments using new powers to patrol ‘excess...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Now is not the time for threats and top-down targets
By Heather Jameson | 28 May 2026
It is time for communities secretary Steve Reed to ditch the threats to councils and head back to...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
EXCLUSIVE: Counties to take concerns to top
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Joe Lepper | 28 May 2026
The County Councils Network (CCN) was this week preparing to take its concerns about local govern...
SIGOMA
Mapping the road ahead
By Chris Cooke | 26 May 2026
Mayor of Middlesbrough Chris Cooke says that at a time of political change, SIGOMA’s role as a co...
ASYLUM
Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements
By Paul Marinko | 26 May 2026
Breckland DC’s leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow i...
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