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POLICY AND POLITICS
Rough sleepers to be offered 'route off the streets'
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2026
The Government has announced that everyone sleeping rough this winter will be offered a ‘route of...
REORGANISATION
Do devolution differently: without LGR
By Colin Copus | 14 August 2026
Steve Leach and Colin Copus write an open letter to the Prime Minister urging the government to r...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution race exposes divisions over mayor question
By Martin Ford | 13 August 2026
The Government was this week facing hurdles as it races to complete the devolution map across Eng...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils to get fresh high street powers
By Dan Peters | 11 August 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has proposed giving councils powers to prevent betting shops, adult g...
REORGANISATION
Norfolk urges Rayner to halt reorganisation as legal action launched
By Martin Ford | 29 July 2026
Norfolk CC has written to newly-appointed local government secretary Angela Rayner calling for he...
HOUSING
Will Burnham's drive to build homes be successful?
By David Blackman | 28 July 2026
Like several Prime Ministers before him, Andy Burnham has pledged to build new homes. That will n...
DEVOLUTION
Rayner's three steps towards helping deliver devolution
By Gil Richards | 28 July 2026
Gil Richards looks at how Angela Rayner, reappointed as secretary of state for housing, communiti...
ANGELA RAYNER
Rayner calls for care worker rethink
By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026
Ex-local government secretary Angela Rayner has urged the Government to rethink plans to change i...
POLICY AND POLITICS
LGA: Outcomes framework should be expanded
By Neil Merrick | 30 September 2025
A proposed framework for assessing the effectiveness of councils should be expanded to cover all ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Dear secretary of state - part 1
By Dr Simon Kaye | 30 September 2025
Secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Steve Reed, has a lot on his pl...
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