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REORGANISATION

Crawley pauses on West Sussex reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025

West Sussex’s Crawley BC will wait for ministers to decide on Surrey’s reorganisation proposals b...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates advisory group on reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has convened a reorganisation a...

TRANSFORMATION

CCN chair in health rejig warning

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025

Health services could deteriorate under proposed changes to Integrated Care Boards, a senior loca...

FINANCE

Rates reset could force 'deep cuts'

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025

Local authorities will be forced to make ‘deep cuts to important services’ if the Government push...

AI

AI use increases but barriers remain

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) use among councils is increasing, but one in 10 are still not using ...

POLITICS

Yusuf returns to Reform to lead DOGE team

By William Eichler | 09 June 2025

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf will return to the party to run its team tasked with scrutinising council f...

FINANCE

Barnet boss: Include housing costs in deprivation measure

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2025

Housing costs should be included in the updated English indices of deprivation, a council chief e...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Ministry scraps competitive bid element for fund

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2025

The next round of the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) will not be allocated by councils biddi...

EQUAL PAY

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry equal pay bill could be more than £30m

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2025

Coventry City Council could face an equal pay bill of more than £30m, The MJ understands.

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Reorganisation tax warning

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2025

Town and parish councils have warned ministers not to impose restrictions on their ability to rai...

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