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REORGANISATION
Counties pressure LGA over reorganisation shift
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
County council leaders have hit back at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) policy shift on ...
FINANCE
Sector seeks resolution to SEND deficits
By Martin Ford | 19 February 2025
Local government has called for a resolution to the issue of Special Educational Needs and Disabi...
FINANCE
Fair funding review must be transparent
By Simon Edwards | 17 February 2025
The fair funding review must be done in a transparent and evidence-based manner if it is going to...
REORGANISATION
Call for reorganisation support
By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025
A senior sector figure has called for the Local Government Association (LGA) and Whitehall to off...
REORGANISATION
Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025
Local government reorganisation could lead to a sector brain drain, senior figures have warned.
REORGANISATION
A magic population number for local government is a fallacy
By Colin Copus | 10 February 2025
The Government is progressing with a centralisation agenda dividing local government into deliver...
SEND
Saving SEND
By Cllr Arooj Shah | 05 February 2025
The root causes of the crisis in SEND are systemic, and any attempts to improve outcomes will fai...
REORGANISATION
DCN: Alarming lack of evidence behind mega councils push
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2025
District councils have criticised the lack of evidence behind the Government’s push for new unita...
REORGANISATION
MPs hear sector divisions over reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 28 January 2025
The size and scale of local authorities following reorganisation has left the sector divided.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Rebels with a cause
By By Dan Peters | 16 January 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) has been warned some members could quit over its stance on...
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