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REORGANISATION
Suffolk CC opposition: Maintain roads instead of splashing out on reorganisation publicity
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025
Suffolk CC has spent around £100,000 of taxpayers’ money promoting a single county unitary to residents in the last two months, the council’s official opposition has claimed.
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument
By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025
Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents t...
ASYLYM
Fresh criticism of Home Office on asylum
By Neil Merrick | 22 July 2025
Relations between councils and the Home Office soured further this week after the department was ...
LEADERSHIP
An uneasy truce
By Blair McPherson | 21 July 2025
Blair McPherson offers an insight into the management of the relationship between leaders and chi...
COMMUNICATIONS
Do you need a comms plan, or a plan for your comms team?
By Louise Neilan | 09 June 2025
Encouraging your communications teams to sign up for LGComms Academy 2025 in Bristol will show th...
PLANNING
Infrastructure delivery key in new towns programme, professor warns
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2025
Delivering infrastructure will be the key challenge for the Government’s new towns programme, a p...
ENGAGEMENT
MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements
By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025
Engagement between the UK Government and councils has generally improved since Labour’s General E...
COMMUNICATIONS
Why first impressions count at the count
By Richard Baker | 12 March 2025
Mark Rogers and Richard Baker share lessons learned from a public affairs campaign that encourage...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Lending support in troubling times
By Pam Smith | 11 December 2024
In the aftermath of a tragic explosion and fire in the Elswick area of Newcastle earlier this yea...
COMMUNICATIONS
Hold the front page!
By Colin Ansell | 11 December 2024
Colin Ansell sets out how a bid to grab front page billing in The MJ played a part in inspiring S...
COMMUNICATIONS
Waging war on lies
By Richard Stokoe | 20 August 2024
Tackling disinformation needs effort by the public sector, and for councils this means working in...
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