Cohesion

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POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform council facing challenge of beginning from 'standing start'

By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2026

Durham CC’s adaptation to future challenges could be delayed due to the Reform UK leadership beginning from a ‘standing start’, a corporate peer challenge has concluded.

LGA

National conversation on neighbourhoods needed

By Neil Merrick | 20 January 2026

A senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has called for a national conversation over th...

SAFETY

Birmingham faces MP criticism surrounding football fan ban

By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2026

MPs have accused Birmingham City Council of providing a ‘biased picture’ surrounding the decision...

PLACE-MAKING

People, purpose – and power

By Ellen Care | 19 December 2025

Five pioneering councils have teamed up with Collaborate CIC to share insight, solve problems col...

WHITEHALL

Feeling of influence drops, Government survey finds

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025

The proportion of adults who believe they can personally influence decisions affecting their area...

ASYLUM

Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation

By Joe Lepper | 04 December 2025

Councils fear a backlash from far-right activists if responsibility for housing asylum seekers wa...

FUNDING

EXCLUSIVE: Local voices must be heard, warns survey

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2025

The public want councils to be better resourced but are concerned their views are not heard, acco...

Standing firm in the fight for hope

By Aneeka Muneer | 27 November 2025

Aneeka Muneer says that with community tensions growing, the Law Society’s new framework will be ...

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

Cohesion concerns over asylum plan

By William Eichler | 29 October 2025

Plans by the Home Office to house around 900 asylum seekers at two military bases in England and ...

COHESION

Why local growth promotes unity

By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 28 October 2025

Tackling inequality isn’t just about investing in the high-growth sectors of the Industrial Strat...