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WALES
Welsh Government to postpone council tax revaluation
By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026
The Welsh Government has announced plans to postponed council tax revaluation until after the next Senedd election in 2030.
FUNDING
Government faces formal challenge over funding
By Martin Ford | 19 October 2026
Kensington and Chelsea LBC has announced it will press ahead with a formal challenge to the Gover...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Autumn Budget must provide the financial stability councils need
By Chris Cooke | 19 October 2026
Writing ahead of next week’s Autumn Budget, chair of SIGOMA mayor Chris Cooke says councils need ...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Autumn Budget: Funding counties' growth
By Steve Broadbent | 14 October 2026
Counties hold the key to growth and public service reform, but the Budget must match ambition wit...
CULTURE
Arts and culture in a devolved landscape
By Darren Henley | 13 October 2026
Darren Henley explains how local insight will shape England’s next cultural investment portfolio ...
SEND
SEND deficits to hit £10bn by 2028
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
Deficits relating to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services are set to balloo...
VAWG
Honour-based abuse thrives where it goes unseen
By Cllr Andreas Kirsch | 07 October 2026
Those who fund, run and work alongside VAWG services 'have a shared purpose to bring it into the ...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution's next challenge: Building capable places
By Thomas Johnson | 07 October 2026
Thomas Johnson looks at what Greater Manchester’s experience suggests about the next stage of dev...
DEVOLUTION
Rewiring the state: turning central-local partnership into action
By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2026
Graeme McDonald looks at how Whitehall and local government can turn partnership, trust and ambit...
SEND
Over 90% of councils get green light for SEND grants
By Martin Ford | 05 October 2026
More than nine in 10 councils will see their deficits for SEND (special educational needs and dis...
FINANCE
Financial reform is crucial, but councils also need a funded transition
By Nina Philippidis | 01 October 2026
Councils need lasting SEND deficit funding and a credible path to reform, says Nina Philippidis.
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