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POLICY AND POLITICS
Former councillor rages at lack of accountability for Brum failures
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Senior officers and commissioners at Birmingham City Council should be held to account for their ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Westbrook to decide on reorganisation legal challenge
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2026
The chief executive of Conservative-led Hampshire CC Gary Westbrook will take further advice from...
POLICY AND POLITICS
40% of West Surrey revenue budget to be absorbed by servicing debt
By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026
Some 40% of one of the new Surrey unitaries’ net revenue budget will be absorbed by servicing deb...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Think-tank warning over social housing reforms
By Joe Lepper | 11 June 2026
A lack of grant funding to councils threatens to derail the Government’s social housing reforms, ...
FINANCE
Scottish councils funding falling short
By Paul Marinko | 11 June 2026
Funding for Scottish councils is failing to keep pace with rising costs and demand according to t...
FINANCE
Council faces 'inevitable' bankruptcy without £40m savings
By William Eichler | 10 June 2026
Westmorland and Furness Council could be forced to declare effective bankruptcy if it fails to fi...
FINANCE
Council tax reform: Time to take a long hard look at the Valuation Office
By Simon Kaye | 10 June 2026
Simon Kaye says the public debate should not begin with winners and losers from hypothetical new ...
FINANCE
Shedding some light on the 'dark arts' of council finances
By Adele Taylor | 10 June 2026
Like many around the country, we have new councillors who have recently joined the council and th...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Legal threat to water firm over sewage spillages
By Neil Merrick | 10 June 2026
A county council has threatened to take legal action against its water firm over continued sewage...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Minister urges councils to hand services to residents
By Neil Merrick | 09 June 2026
Placing communities in charge of services will help cut costs and reduce the chance of council fa...
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