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Conservatives call for reduced affordable housing targets

By Paul Marinko | 06 October 2025

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has suggested affordable housing targets for new deve...

Trio of UK mayors join European leadership programme

By Paul Marinko | 06 October 2025

Three UK mayors are taking part in a new £37m Europe-wide leadership programme aimed at helping t...

Four competing LGR proposals for Essex

By Paul Marinko | 29 September 2025

Councils in Essex have submitted four competing bids for local government reorganisation, ranging...

Norwich backs three unitary plan as county and South Norfolk break rank with separate proposals

By Izzy Lepone | 25 September 2025

Norwich City Council has backed proposals for three unitary councils in Norfolk as the county’s a...

Move to transfer Surrey assets ahead of reorganisation

By By Paul Marinko | 25 September 2025

Surrey districts are moving to transfer community assets to parish councils and community groups ...

Future Forum Midlands: Departing Rogers offers leadership advice

By Paul Marinko | 11 September 2025

Mark Rogers has highlighted the importance of council officers and politicians ‘knowing their lan...

Future Forum Midlands: Council chiefs have fewer derailers to success than private counterparts

By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2025

New research by recruitment specialists GatenbySanderson has found council chief executives have ...

Future Forum Midlands: Councils should consider rethinking finance rules to solve problems

By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2025

A public finance expert has suggested local government should consider rethinking the rules to so...

Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR

By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2025

Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transforma...

How to be a successful council chief

By Frazer Thouard | 10 September 2025

In advance of The MJ’s Future Forum Midlands, recruitment specialist GatenbySanderson crunch the ...