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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA: Costs pushing many to financial brink
By Dan Peters | 17 October 2025
Emergency government bailout agreements for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ as cost...
FINANCE
Predictions of low take up for retention pooling scheme
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2025
Take up of a government invitation to councils to join the business rates retention pooling schem...
INTERVENTION
Bringing Birmingham back from the brink
16 October 2025
Rishi Shori sets out Birmingham City Council’s history of intervention and the three ingredients ...
FINANCE
Reorganisation and fair funding will 'throw cards up in the air' on budgets
By Ann McGauran | 16 October 2025
The impact of reorganisation and the fair funding review will ‘throw all the cards up in the air’...
FINANCE
Enlightenment and therapy for the financial challenge
By By Rob Powell | 15 October 2025
The Society of County Treasurers' latest seminar faced up to the challenges ahead but found encou...
REORGANISATION
Reform council backs county unitary
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2025
Reform-led Warwickshire CC has backed a plan for a county unitary and a bid to join the West Midl...
HOUSING
EXCLUSIVE: London councils still offering housing lifetime tenancies despite temporary accommodation crisis
By Paul Marinko | 15 October 2025
Research by The MJ has revealed a majority of London councils still providing lifetime tenancies ...
FINANCE
The Welsh Way: Reimagining local government through social partnership
By Cllr Jane Gebbie | 14 October 2025
As the UK and Welsh budgets are debated, Cllr Jane Gebbie says a social partnership mindset can h...
FINANCE
At what point do things get bad enough to drive change?
By Ben Page | 14 October 2025
Local leaders should insist on transition funding before embarking on change and use the process ...
SOLACE SUMMIT
An opportunity for honesty
By Robin Tuddenham | 14 October 2025
As local government leaders convene in Leeds this week for the Solace Summit amid a backdrop of u...
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