ELECTIONS

Stronger Things: Call for 'swap back' to single transferable votes for mayors

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025

The Government should use the Elections Bill to revert to single transferable votes for mayoral e...

REORGANISATION

Keeping devolution in sight

By Caroline Green | 02 June 2025

Across Oxfordshire and neighbouring councils, there is real appetite for a collective devolution ...

STRONGER THINGS

Colouring in public sector reform

By Jessica Studdert | 29 May 2025

Setting the scene ahead of New Local’s Stronger Things festival, Jessica Studdert says it is time...

SCOTLAND

Scottish councils keen to explore further devolution

By Joe Lepper | 28 May 2025

Scottish councils are keen to explore the potential of ‘enhanced local government devolution’ but...

HOUSING

Can the Spending Review deliver for housing in the North?

By Tracy Harrison | 28 May 2025

Tracy Harrison reflects on the opportunity devolution offers for housing in the North, and what i...

REORGANISATION

Reform and reorganisation

By Laura Hughes | 28 May 2025

Laura Hughes asks what Reform UK’s local elections success will mean for local government reorgan...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The mayor necessities

By David Blackman | 28 May 2025

David Blackman talks to key sector figures on the important role the private sector can play work...

DEVOLUTION

A hunger for change

By Simon Kaye | 28 May 2025

The Government’s ambitious programme of local government reform should be just a start, argues Si...

DEVOLUTION

McGuinness calls for devolution acceleration

By Joe Lepper | 23 May 2025

Labour’s North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has called on her Government to accelerate devolution by...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation feedback letters continue to trickle out

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2025

The Government is continuing to issue feedback letters responding to interim reorganisation plans...

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