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POLICY
Spring Statement: No more cash for councils
By Emily Twinch | 19 March 2025
Next week’s Spring Statement will give a flavour of the financial pressures local authorities wil...
REORGANISATION
Government insists counties hand over reorganisation data
By Paul Marinko | 14 March 2025
The Government has insisted district councils should be given access to data by county councils t...
REORGANISATION
Minister: 500,000 figure for unitaries an 'average'
By Paul Marinko | 13 March 2025
Jim McMahon has said a population size of 500,000 could end up as the ‘average’ when unitary gove...
REORGANISATION
DCN warns of reorganisation risks
By Paul Marinko | 13 March 2025
A new report commissioned by the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has warned reorganisation risks...
REORGANISATION
Consultants earn from reorganisation shake-up
By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025
Under-threat councils have commissioned expensive consultants amid the reorganisation shake-up.
REORGANISATION
Deadline looms for 'high level' reorganisation plans
By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025
Ministers have told senior sector figures that the 21 March reorganisation plans should be ‘light...
REORGANISATION
There's no clear mandate for mega-councils
By By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 07 March 2025
Taxpayers' interests would be better served by not rushing reorganisation, says Sam Chapman-Allen.
REORGANISATION
Social care disaggregation cost could hit £500m a year, CCN claims
By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025
The annual recurring cost of splitting up and duplicating county council social care services int...
REORGANISATION
LGA can't please all of the people all of the time
By Heather Jameson | 27 February 2025
Heather Jameson says the Local Government Association is a 'real family, with all the bickering, ...
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 ...
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