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POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayors to hold water firms to account
By Dan Peters | 05 November 2026
Mayors will receive powers through legislation to hold water firms to account for their performance.
BUDGET 2026
A balanced first step on fiscal devolution
By David Phillips | 29 October 2026
The fiscal devolution roadmap makes it clear the system will allow areas to gain financially from...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils must be 'convenors' on rough sleeping, says LGA chair after No10 summit
By Neil Merrick | 27 October 2026
The chair of the Local Government Association has called on councils to act as ‘convenors’ after ...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Forging the innovation nation
By Ben Lucas | 20 October 2026
Innovation is how reindustrialisation can drive good growth, writes Ben Lucas.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Burnham: Scotland 'one of most centralised nations in Europe'
By Dan Peters | 16 October 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wanted to design a fresh model of ‘regional, economic emp...
REORGANISATION
LCN warns against bigger unitary councils
By Neil Merrick | 16 October 2026
Ministers taking a second look at local government reorganisation (LGR) have been warned against ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Prioritising action on standards is a must for PM
By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2026
Heather Jameson says it may be great news to hear that Andy Burnham is committed to delivering re...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
By Dan Peters | 14 October 2026
Council chief executives have warned Whitehall that local authorities must be treated as equal pa...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Why community empowerment needs an age-friendly approach more than ever
By Bianca Rossetti | 12 October 2026
Authorities need to be mindful of how they approach engagement to ensure that they don’t bypass m...
ELECTIONS
Modernising local government election services for the future
By Peter Stanyon | 12 October 2026
Tinkering with the voting system is not enough, it’s time for a wholescale review of how we deliv...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Work on Whitehall tensions tool slows under Burnham
By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026
Work on a Whitehall tool to track community tensions has slowed since the change of Prime Ministe...
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