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PLANNING
Plan submission deadline extended
By Neil Merrick | 26 October 2026
Councils drawing up local development plans under old regulations have been given an extra three months to submit them to ministers.
DEVOLUTION
Why devolution needs locality
By Julia Smith | 22 October 2026
Julia Smith says Blaby DC sees every day the value of working closely with local people, and the ...
POLICY
Pervasive centralism continues
By Ian Miller | 22 October 2026
A lack of progress with the MHCLG’s review of fees and charges, and a conflict between changes to...
REWIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local state, national ambition
By Helen Bailey | 22 October 2026
In the latest in a series of articles looking at a reimagined role for local government in a rewi...
SOLACE
EXCLUSIVE: Outgoing Solace president issues rewiring the state warning
By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026
Solace chief urges local government to ‘seize the moment’ amid concerns of divisions derailing th...
REWIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Councils must prove their relevance
By Barry Quirk | 21 October 2026
As the sector awaits the arrival of a devolution White Paper expected to contain a blueprint for ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Shires failing to match urban economic growth, report finds
By Neil Merrick | 21 October 2026
Shire counties are failing to match the economic growth of urban areas due to poor public transpo...
LEGISLATION
Tower block safety Bill introduced into Parliament
By Neil Merrick | 20 October 2026
A Bill enforcing tougher safety standards in residential tower blocks has been introduced in Parl...
FINANCE
Cheshire East faces 'significant' finance risk
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2026
Financial sustainability ‘remains a significant corporate risk’ at Cheshire East Council, accordi...
FINANCE
Call for long-term EFS plan
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026
The Government must turn exceptional financial support (EFS) into a ‘managed recovery regime rath...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Labour-led Brent and Barking and Dagenham miss out on first round of London homes cash
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026
Labour-led Brent and Barking & Dagenham LBCs are understood to have failed to get anything from t...
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