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In The MJ this week, we look at the mounting challenges facing the Government's hopes of 10,000 new homes coming from councils each year.

We also report on calls for MPs to mount a campaign for council funding by an LGA vice-president.

And an inquiry is launched into children's services funding, with Budget funding looks unlikely to cover councils' funding gaps.

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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Grasping a once in a lifetime opportunity for councils

By Anna Randle | 04 November 2026

As well as making the case for the role local government can play in a rewired state, the sector also needs to ask for some enabling powers of its own, write...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

McMahon: Legislation to protect city status 'where necessary'

By Dan Peters | 02 November 2026

Minister Jim McMahon has said the Government will introduce legislation ‘where necessary’ to help places protect their city status after reorganisation.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Local government reorganisation and devolution: Where is the Government's bigger picture?

By Pete Robbins | 02 November 2026

Fiscal levers, strategic geographies and simpler local structures are a genuine piece of the jigsaw, but the Rewiring the State White Paper has to paint a mu...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Exclusive: Government 'risks repeating Covid mistakes' in war preparedness

By Martin Ford | 30 October 2026

Amid launch of 1,000 day ‘mission’, resilience expert warns continued failings in national emergency planning could lead to repeat mistakes.

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