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SAFETY

Post-Grenfell progress still under scrutiny

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2026

The Building Safety Bill strengthens council enforcement powers on unsafe cladding, but funding a...

WHITEHALL

Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit

By Dan Peters | 27 October 2026

Dudley MBC councillors will be asked to sign a pledge next week committing them to ‘demonstrate r...

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...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Burnham: Scotland 'one of most centralised nations in Europe'

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wanted to design a fresh model of ‘regional, economic emp...

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...

ANGELA RAYNER

Rayner expected to send in commissioners to Bedford BC

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026

Communities secretary Angela Rayner has indicated that the Government is minded to appoint commis...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2026

Council chief executives have warned Whitehall that local authorities must be treated as equal pa...

TECHNOLOGY

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall 'exploring' using AI to help intervention decisions

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026

Whitehall is ‘exploring’ the use of AI to help assess councils against the key risk indicators fo...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Work on Whitehall tensions tool slows under Burnham

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026

Work on a Whitehall tool to track community tensions has slowed since the change of Prime Ministe...

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  3. Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
  4. Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
  5. Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
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