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REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Crawley ponders legal response to unitary dismissal

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

Crawley BC is considering its next steps, including a potential judicial review, after local gove...

ELECTIONS

Government proposes Automatic Voter Registration move

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

Government plans to move to Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) will ‘make life simpler for everyo...

OFLOG

EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

Ministers have been warned against imposing more expensive, top-down performance indicators after...

PAY

Employers double down on pay offer

By David Blackman | 16 July 2025

Council employers have unanimously reaffirmed their April offer of a 3.2% pay increase as ‘full a...

REORGANISATION

Lewes leader vows to fight Brighton takeover plan

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2025

Lewes DC’s leader has vowed to fight a Brighton & Hove City Council proposal to take over parts o...

POLITICS

Reform's Kent finds 'millions of pounds' of savings

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2025

Kent CC’s Department for Local Government Efficiency (DOLGE) has identified ‘millions of pounds w...

RESILIENCE

EXCLUSIVE: Resilience warning over shelter and evacuation plans

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2025

Emergency shelter and evacuation plans may be insufficient in a worst-case scenario crisis, Local...

DEVOLUTION

Devo Bill to reintroduce supplementary vote in blow to Reform

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2025

The supplementary vote system will be reintroduced to elect mayors in a move that is expected to ...

FINANCE

Council pressures have 'increased significantly', says OBR

By Dan Peters | 09 July 2025

Councils face ‘growing risks to their financial sustainability’, the UK’s official forecaster has...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Changes agreed to strengthen LGA governance

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2025

The Labour-led Local Government Association (LGA) has agreed changes to ‘strengthen governance’ t...

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