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SCOTLAND
Watchdog tells Scottish councils to raise ambition on transformation
By William Eichler | 21 May 2026
Scotland’s councils need to significantly increase the pace and scale of their service transformation or risk facing harder decisions and greater costs in future years, according to a report by the...
DEVOLUTION
May 8: The day city regions fractured from within
By David Marlow | 21 May 2026
David Marlow says the post-7 May political composition of England’s six Integrated Settlement May...
POLICY AND POLITICS
The public will accept straight talk from politicians so long as there is a rationale
By Michael Burton | 20 May 2026
By claiming the public could have both high public spending and low taxes, the main parties opene...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Carbon reduction radical rethink call
By Neil Merrick | 20 May 2026
Ministers have been urged to radically rethink how they reduce carbon emissions in public buildin...
DIGITAL
Councils' digital progress under threat
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2026
Councils have ‘clear digital ambition but limited maturity’, threatening the sector’s long-term p...
CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
CQC hands out third inadequate rating
By Joe Lepper | 18 May 2026
Salford City Council is the third council to be rated inadequate for its adult social care servic...
FINANCE
Maintaining the council's financial integrity and statutory compliance remains non-negotiable
By Phil Rook | 18 May 2026
Council reorganisation remains uncertain, but the potential impact to deliver real change cannot ...
INVESTMENT
Building an NS&I for the sector: reconnecting with citizen investors
By Karl Harder | 13 May 2026
In recent years, UK Government policy has been focused on keeping more of the trillions we hold i...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Chief in reorganisation 'distraction' warning
By Joe Lepper | 13 May 2026
Local government reorganisation is a ‘distraction factor’ for councils in their delivery of suppo...
LEGISLATION
Bill 'first step' in fiscal devolution era
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
The Overnight Visitor Levy Bill is the ‘first step in a new era of fiscal devolution in England’,...
REORGANISATION
Exclusive: District disaggregation requires 'properly thought through plan'
By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2026
A ‘properly thought through plan' with realistic timescales is needed if ministers are to press a...
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