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Articles by Joe Lepper
Rival bids see Norfolk clash over public sector reform
By Joe Lepper | 13 November 2025
Public sector reform has emerged as a key battleground among rival local reorganisation bids in t...
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...
Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
By Joe Lepper | 11 November 2025
Housing challenges are continuing at the council at the centre of the Grenfell tragedy, a Local G...
Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
By Joe Lepper | 10 November 2025
Worcestershire CC has been handed a statutory financial warning by auditors concerned its spendin...
Lincolnshire reorganisation poses 'destabilising' risk
By Joe Lepper | 05 November 2025
North East Lincolnshire Council has laid out its case against a rival reorganisation bid that wou...
Edinburgh to miss 2030 net zero target
By Joe Lepper | 22 October 2025
Edinburgh City Council will not meet its ambition to be net zero by 2030, according to a report d...
Peer warning over Redbridge finances
By Joe Lepper | 21 October 2025
Redbridge LBC will be forced to seek exceptional financial support (EFS), a review has warned.
Predictions of low take up for retention pooling scheme
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2025
Take up of a government invitation to councils to join the business rates retention pooling schem...
Budget deficit warning over two unitary plan
By Joe Lepper | 13 October 2025
One of two unitary authorities proposed for Warwickshire amid local government reorganisation ‘wo...
GMB: Knowsley equal pay claim could cost council tens of millions of pounds
By Joe Lepper | 10 October 2025
Knowsley Council ‘could face tens of millions of pounds’ in equal pay claims, the GMB trade union...
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