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Reform UK unlikely to enter 'formal coalitions' on councils
POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform UK unlikely to enter 'formal coalitions' on councils

By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2026

Reform UK is unlikely to join ‘formal coalitions’ to run councils, a leading party figure has told The MJ.

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall delay to reorganisation legislation

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026

Reform UK vows to ‘be awkward’ to thwart government plans for local government reorganisation.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Scale of no overall control delivers uncertainty

By Neil Merrick | 12 May 2026

Local authorities are facing weeks of uncertainty after elections left a record number of council...

LGA

LGA to stay Labour-led despite election disaster

By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2026

The Local Government Association is expected to remain Labour-led despite a huge swing towards Re...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform UK councillors back down in row over airport loan

By Neil Merrick | 11 May 2026

Doncaster City Council is to borrow £57m to help reopen its airport after Reform UK councillors b...

POLICY AND POLITICS

All change: Reform UK projected to make huge gains as local elections get underway

By By Heather Jameson & Dan Peters | 07 May 2026

The chairs of three of the sector’s major associations could change hands in the aftermath of tod...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors

By Neil Merrick | 05 May 2026

Doncaster’s Labour mayor has stepped into the row between chief executive Damian Allen and Reform...

IMMIGRATION

Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres

By Paul Marinko | 05 May 2026

Reform UK has pledged to prioritise areas with Green-controlled councils for illegal immigration ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Professor in fiscal devolution dispute warning

By Neil Merrick | 30 April 2026

Fiscal devolution is almost certain to create disputes between regional mayors and councils over ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: 'Illegal' deal to end Birmingham strike risks £200m equal pay bill

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2026

Birmingham City Council could open itself up to equal pay liabilities worth £200m if a proposed d...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn

By By Joe Lepper | 30 April 2026

Local government reorganisation in Devon is ‘causing a distraction’ for the region’s fledgling co...

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