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FINANCE

Chancellor to give local leaders control over national taxes

By Paul Marinko | 17 March 2026

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to give ‘local leaders’ spending control of some national t...

FINANCE

Future Forum: SEND bail out risks disincentivising action says IFS

By Paul Marinko | 12 March 2026

The Government’s bail out of Special Educational Need and Disabilities (SEND) deficits risks disc...

SOCIAL CARE

Future Forum: Casey calls for public service 'coterminosity'

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

Baroness Louise Casey has argued ‘coterminosity’ across public services is key for achieving real...

SOCIAL CARE

Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

Baroness Louise Casey has been urged to look at local authority trading companies (LATCo) providi...

TRANSFORMATION

How to tackle the challenges of 2026

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

Local government has entered a time of unprecedented change despite continuing to face particular...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Membership manoeuvres

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

How are the groups representing councils positioning themselves to secure members as the pace of ...

LATCOS

Connections with clout

By Paul Marinko | 26 February 2026

Ahead of The MJ’s LATCo Conference in Birmingham, Paul Marinko explores why local authority tradi...

REORGANISATION

Local government reorganisation in Essex 'over'

By Paul Marinko | 25 February 2026

Uncertainty surrounds local government reorganisation (LGR) in Essex, with one leader branding th...

REORGANISATION

Basildon joins Norfolk in going cold on LGR

By Paul Marinko | 19 February 2026

Another council has called time on local government reorganisation (LGR) over Labour’s U-turn on ...

REORGANISATION

Reform to offer Havering chance to join Essex

By Paul Marinko | 17 February 2026

A Reform MP has claimed the party would offer Havering a referendum on leaving London to join Ess...

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