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FINANCE
Shropshire declares 'financial emergency'
By Dan Peters | 11 September 2025
Shropshire Council has declared a ‘financial emergency’ as it seeks to avoid effective bankruptcy.
TRANSFORMATION
ICBs may be given longer to make redundancies, says NHS chief
By Lee Peart | 11 September 2025
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) may be given longer to make redundancies due to an impasse over fun...
FINANCE
Future Forum Midlands: Councils should consider rethinking finance rules to solve problems
By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2025
A public finance expert has suggested local government should consider rethinking the rules to so...
FINANCE
Fair Funding Review 2.0 and the road to reorganisation
By Tracy Bingham | 10 September 2025
Councils will have to grapple with risks, resilience and reform as they balance the fallout from ...
REORGANISATION
Essex claims three unitary reorganisation would best tackle debt crisis
By Paul Marinko | 09 September 2025
Essex CC’s leadership has claimed its favoured three unitary model of reorganisation would best m...
REORGANISATION
Councils seek legal advice amid reorganisation confusion
By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2025
Councils facing boundary changes as part of local government reorganisation are seeking legal adv...
FINANCE
Fair Funding 2.0 next steps: Turning promises into action for deprived communities
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 September 2025
Full council tax equalisation and the use of deprivation indices mark a critical shift toward nee...
SEND
SEND Reform must not be an afterthought
By Rachael Wardell | 08 September 2025
As the Government prepares to publish its schools white paper, now is the time to deliver bold, i...
LEGISLATION
Fire and rehire ban 'burned-out shell'
By Izzy Lepone | 08 September 2025
Trade union Unite has described the Government’s commitment to ban the practice of fire and rehir...
HOUSING
Councils back Right to Buy reforms but seek more flexibility
By William Eichler | 05 September 2025
Reforms to Right to Buy (RtB) have given councils greater confidence in protecting and growing th...
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