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POLICY AND POLITICS
The public will accept straight talk from politicians so long as there is a rationale
By Michael Burton | 20 May 2026
By claiming the public could have both high public spending and low taxes, the main parties opened the floodgates to the siren voices of the populists, says Michael Burton.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA to privately lobby ministers over neighbourhoods' drive
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Local government is to privately lobby ministers over their neighbourhoods’ drive, including Whit...
POLITICS
Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026
Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
A North Star guiding tough decision making
By Cllr Caroline Woodley | 02 April 2026
By embedding an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory mindset into commissioning, procurement, and ...
FINANCE
The process for fiscal devolution is clear and the deadline is real
By Mike Emmerich | 20 March 2026
Mike Emmerich says that while much remains unresolved, the Chancellor’s proposition to give local...
SIGOMA
There's no short cuts on the long road to recovery
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 February 2026
SIGOMA strongly backs the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods’ call for urgent action to sup...
REORGANISATION
What LGR means for the workers
By Heather Jameson | 26 January 2026
Local government reorganisation (LGR) is not all about the structures and politics – what about t...
FINANCE
Locality arrangements must be right to avoid remoteness between new unitaries and residents
By Kathy O'Leary | 16 December 2025
The recent removal of ‘remoteness’ as a factor in determining council funding through the Fair Fu...
SIGOMA
The Recovery Grant: a vital tool to rebuild local communities
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 November 2025
Overall, the Government’s local government finance reforms appear to be a positive step forward o...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed vows to stop those trying to pull country apart
By Dan Peters | 25 November 2025
Communities secretary Steve Reed has vowed to stop ‘people at the extremes of politics who are tr...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...
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