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POLITICS

Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels

By Joe Lepper | 31 July 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed’ to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommo...

COUNCIL STAFF

EXCLUSIVE: Director suspended by county amid reorganisation vacuum

By Dan Peters | 30 July 2025

A director remains out of the office on full pay almost three months on from being suspended, The...

REORGANISATION

Reform council asks officers to look at single Kent unitary

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2025

Kent CC’s Reform UK leader has asked officers to draw up a detailed options appraisal for a singl...

UNITARY

Brighton & Hove releases expansion plan

By Emily Twinch | 28 July 2025

Brighton & Hove City Council has released plans for consultation on a proposal to swallow up part...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA hits back at Reform UK critics

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is ‘more important than ever the sector ha...

GOVERNANCE

Warning against forced return to 'autocratic' cabinet system

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2025

Labour-led Sheffield City Council has warned against a forced return to the ‘autocratic, top-down...

POLITICS

Cleverly returns to shadow Rayner

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2025

Former foreign and home secretary Sir James Cleverly has returned to the Conservative front bench...

REORGANISATION

Councils back three mainland unitaries

By Neil Merrick | 21 July 2025

Hampshire CC and East Hampshire DC have backed three unitary mainland councils, with the Isle of ...

POLITICS

Farage says Reform 'facing obstructionism'

By Dan Peters | 21 July 2025

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused some council officials of obstructing the work of his c...

WORKFORCE

Council first to adopt four-day week after savings

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

South Cambridgeshire DC has decided to permanently adopt a four-day week after a 27-month trial i...

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