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COMBINED AUTHORITY

Strategic authority in senior role swap

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2026

West Yorkshire Combined Authority will replace its chief operating officer role with an executive...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour

By Dan Peters | 25 June 2026

The chief executive of Basildon Council has written to the Government amid growing tensions over ...

HOUSING

London councils launch affordable housing legal challenge

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2026

Three London councils have launched a legal challenge to stop Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan’s cu...

POLICY AND POLITICS

'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'

By By Dan Peters | 24 June 2026

Fiscal devolution will ‘likely become more important’ with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister, expert...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists

By Paul Marinko | 23 June 2026

Ministers have insisted they are ‘on track’ to announce the next tranche of reorganisation decisi...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Thames Valley devo deal thrown into doubt

By Dan Peters | 22 June 2026

A deal to create a Thames Valley foundation strategic authority has seemingly collapsed at the 11...

OUTSOURCING

Government aim to introduce outsourcing public interest test

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2026

Ministers have introduced a public interest test under which the public sector will eventually ha...

CHILD PROTECTION

Government urged to create child protection authority 'today'

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2026

The children's commissioner for England has demanded the Government opens a child protection auth...

COHESION

Cantle: Time to take cohesion much more seriously

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2026

The author of a landmark report into disturbances in English towns in 2001 has said it is ‘time t...

PEOPLE

McCay appointed ADPH chief executive

By Dan Peters | 15 June 2026

Psychiatrist Layla McCay has been appointed as the chief executive of the Association of Director...

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  1. EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
  2. Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
  3. Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
  4. EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
  5. Brighton faces 'unquantifiable' liability over equal pay claims
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