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Articles by Neil Merrick
'Community power key to pushing out populism'
By Neil Merrick | 22 July 2025
More participatory democracy and a genuine transfer of power to neighbourhoods and communities is...
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 ...
CCN: Tourist tax would raise more than £200m
By Neil Merrick | 16 July 2025
County councils in England could potentially raise more than £200m each year by levying a £2 per ...
Councils fear riots repeat
By Neil Merrick | 15 July 2025
Councils fear a repeat of last summer’s riots without ‘significant government investment in commu...
Fears over lack of teeth behind mandatory reporting duty
By Neil Merrick | 14 July 2025
Government plans to make it a mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse need to be backed up wi...
Lancashire moves closer to reorganisation agreement
By By Neil Merrick | 12 June 2025
Councils in Lancashire are edging closer to an agreement on reorganisation, but it is likely to b...
Sale delay after tax premium change
By Neil Merrick | 12 June 2025
Properties are taking much longer to sell in areas with a large number of second homes as local a...
'Councils have no excuse for housing failures'
By Neil Merrick | 05 June 2025
Councils have no excuse for failing to improve housing after a watchdog highlighted complaints ma...
Ministers tell pension pools to merge
By Neil Merrick | 14 April 2025
Two local authority pension pools have reacted angrily after their plans to meet new standards we...
Reorganisation proposals average 544,000 population
By Neil Merrick | 14 April 2025
Reorganisation proposals submitted by English councils would produce new unitaries of significant...
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