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POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed U-turn over committee system abolition
By Neil Merrick | 25 November 2025
Local authorities that already use the committee system will be allowed to retain it under strict conditions detailed by the Government.
SOCIAL CARE
Beating the Budget: System-led sustainability for social care
By Amy Long | 24 November 2025
Amy Long looks at finding the levers that adults and children’s services can use to build future-...
INTERVENTION
Council at risk of MHCLG intervention backs urgent reforms
By William Eichler | 21 November 2025
Isle of Wight Council has backed urgent reforms after an independent report warned it risked Gove...
AI
Blueprint for AI success
By James Arrowsmith | 14 November 2025
From efficiency to excellence: James Arrowsmith and Anja Beriro guide councils in how to leverage...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Using system-wide reform to put Bucks families first
By Errol Albert | 13 November 2025
Buckinghamshire Council is delivering system-wide reform through locality teams, Family Hubs and ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayors and council leaders to take on police and crime commissioner functions
By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025
Police and crime commissioner (PCC) functions will be transferred to strategic authority mayors o...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Starmer urged to abandon Staffordshire reorganisation
By William Eichler | 13 November 2025
All 62 members of Staffordshire CC have united to call on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to abandon ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Isle of Wight Council 'dysfunctional', report finds
By William Eichler | 12 November 2025
Isle of Wight Council faces serious governance failings and risks Government intervention unless ...
GOVERNANCE
New professional body should give ministers pause for thought
By Paul Marinko | 06 November 2025
The news that a professional body for monitoring officers will be launched later this month will ...
REORGANISATION
Empowering communities within LGR: Lessons from Ireland
By Lisa McNally | 04 November 2025
Lisa McNally says that as significant local government reorganisation gets underway in England, t...
FINANCE
CFOs will need to maintain professional courage for the pre-LGR budget round
By Tracy Bingham | 30 October 2025
Finance and governance workstreams will be critical to transitioning to unitary councils, managin...
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