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With its power base in northern mets the stars have started to align for the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) under the Labour Government. After early successes on fairer fu...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution: How Burnham can convert ambition into more practical, sustainable action

By Nathan Yeowell | 07 July 2026

Nathan Yeowell sets out how prospective Prime Minister Andy Burnham can turn his devolution visio...

EDUCATION

Education secretary writes to councils over 'phantom NEETs'

By William Eichler | 02 July 2026

Councils across England have been put on notice by education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Balancing politics and governance

By Abdool Kara | 02 July 2026

As political divergence grows, are stronger statutory officer protections needed to safeguard gov...

ELECTIONS

Coming to terms with political balance

By Colin Mellors | 24 June 2026

Sixty-four councils had indecisive election outcomes in May. Colin Mellors considers the complexi...

LGA

O'Brien expected to be next chair of LGA

By Heather Jameson | 08 June 2026

Bury MBC leader Cllr Eamonn O’Brien is expected to take over as chair of the Local Government Ass...

GOVERNANCE

Supporting local leaders after a tumultuous election

By Sean Harriss | 27 May 2026

Sean Harriss looks at how senior council officers can best support an influx of thousands of newl...

GOVERNANCE

Managing councils without a majority

By Colin Mellors | 27 May 2026

Officials in councils with no overall political control will need to use high levels of political...

DEVOLUTION

England's post-elections politics makes path to devo 'immeasurably harder'

By Ann McGauran | 21 May 2026

The post-May 7 political arithmetic of the city regions leaves delivery on devolution ‘immeasurab...

DEVOLUTION

The 2026 election results should not slow English devolution

By Andrew Carter | 20 May 2026

If political fragmentation after this month's local elections makes delivery harder, 'the answer ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform's good local government problems

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2026

Ben Bradley talks to Ann McGauran about the implications of Reform UK’s huge election gains for r...

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