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DEVOLUTION
Further devolution plans unveiled
By Neil Merrick | 01 April 2026
Council leaders in the Midlands and West of England have begun responding to a call from ministers to reveal their devolution plans.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Show us the money
By Lee Peart | 31 March 2026
Social care funding is ‘a classic for the insurance system’, and the deadline for the final Casey...
PLANNING
Turning 'unbuildable' land into housing capacity
By Simon Towers | 31 March 2026
Simon Towers discusses how local authorities can use biodiversity improvements to bring formerly ...
HOUSING
Half of approved homes remain unbuilt, council leaders say
By William Eichler | 30 March 2026
Only 52% of homes granted planning permission since 2012-13 have actually been completed, data fr...
HOUSING
Reed moves to speed up London's housebuilding
By Paul Marinko | 26 March 2026
The housing secretary has written to the capital’s council leaders outlining plans to fast-track ...
HOUSING
Call for developers to be hit with stick
By Dan Peters | 20 March 2026
A senior planner has called for developers that sit on land to be hit with a ‘bit more of a stick’.
HOUSING
Our CCN councils are pro-housing growth, if delivered the right way
By Simon Edwards | 19 March 2026
The planning system is one of the main ways people feel they can influence and shape their commun...
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Places: a call for more coterminosity
By Dr Catherine Howe | 18 March 2026
Catherine Howe asks: What if, instead of tussles over public sector reform between places and Whi...
FINANCE
Chancellor to give local leaders control over national taxes
By Paul Marinko | 17 March 2026
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to give ‘local leaders’ spending control of some national t...
PLANNING
Planning reforms threaten 'developer free-for-all'
By Martin Ford | 17 March 2026
The voices of rural communities would be ‘severely weakened’ by the Government’s proposed plannin...
PLANNING
South Staffordshire bucks national trend on planning enforcement
By Catherine Gutteridge | 16 March 2026
Catherine Gutteridge says South Staffordshire Council is standing apart as a positive exception b...
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