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EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025

Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first ele...

NAO: SEND reforms must tackle £2.3bn school transport squeeze

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2025

Upcoming reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system must address gro...

EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...

Adding up the price of local government interventions

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

As more councils in intervention increases, the price tag for commissioners is skyrocketing. Dan ...

Late change to fair funding review expected

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

Urban councils are expecting a ‘perverse’ late change to proposed funding reform they fear would ...

Government 'confident' in housing plan

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains confident in its plans to get Britain building’ after hou...

Cohesion concerns over asylum plan

By William Eichler | 29 October 2025

Plans by the Home Office to house around 900 asylum seekers at two military bases in England and ...

Community restoration

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2025

After last year’s horrific terror attack in Southport, Sefton Council has been working tirelessly...

London housing measures to empower mayor

By Dan Peters | 24 October 2025

A much-trailed announcement of muscular measures to accelerate housing delivery in London has bee...

Audit contracts extended by two years

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) has extended its current audit contracts by two years fol...