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BEST VALUE
Basildon gets Best Value notice as chief prepares to leave
By Paul Marinko | 15 July 2026
Ministers are issuing Basildon BC with a Best Value notice and the Essex authority’s chief executive is preparing to leave and join a London borough.
REORGANISATION
Tories call for referendum on Essex reorg
By Paul Marinko | 13 July 2026
The Conservatives have called for a referendum on local government reorganisation (LGR) in Essex ...
SIGOMA
A good time for 'Our Friends in the North'?
By Paul Marinko | 10 July 2026
With its power base in northern mets the stars have started to align for the Special Interest Gro...
COHESION
LGA conference: Call for councils to fly St George's Cross
By Martin Ford | 09 July 2026
Councils have been asked to fly the St George’s Cross in a show of support for England in their w...
DEVOLUTION
Cleverly: Labour's devolution plans 'sucking power' to Westminster
By Paul Marinko | 09 July 2026
Tory shadow communities secretary Sir James Cleverly has hit out at Labour’s devolution plans for...
POLITICS
Political change tests organisational maturity
By Adele Wylie | 09 July 2026
Reform UK controls North Northamptonshire Council, having won the majority of seats in the 2025 e...
SOCIAL CARE
Funding pledge could shackle social care reform
By Martin Ford | 07 July 2026
The prospects for social care reform under an Andy Burnham government could be constrained by his...
LGA CONFERENCE
Steadying the LGA ship
By Heather Jameson | 07 July 2026
As the Local Government Association heads to Bournemouth for its annual conference, can it adapt ...
LGA CONFERENCE
Getting the LGA fighting fit
By Heather Jameson | 07 July 2026
New Local Government Association chair Eamonn O’Brien tells Heather Jameson that councils must se...
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...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution must not be duplication, minister claims
By Heather Jameson | 01 July 2026
Devolution ‘must met devolution, not duplication’, the chief secretary to the prime minister has ...
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