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Local government reorganisation: Assessing the financial impact of delay
FINANCE

Local government reorganisation: Assessing the financial impact of delay

By Tracy Bingham | 17 September 2026

Tracy Bingham looks at what the council reorganisation pause means for costs, savings, affordability and financial readiness.

LEADERSHIP

Local councils' three-boss problem

By Blair McPherson | 17 September 2026

Blair McPherson looks at how chief executives maintain political neutrality and organisational cl...

REORGANISATION

LGR is a governance challenge

By Aidan Rave | 09 September 2026

Reorganisation will not be judged on the organisational structures or the maps but on what it del...

SOLACE SCOTLAND

Real reform begins at home

By Pippa Milne | 09 September 2026

Ahead of this week’s Solace Scotland conference, Pippa Milne outlines why children and families s...

DEVOLUTION

If Whitehall trusts councils, who do councils trust?

By Manjeet Gill | 09 September 2026

New York’s city government has more power than any English mayor. But its real advantage may be h...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Concerns over reorganisation delay impact on devolution

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026

MPs have raised concerns around the impact that a delay to local government reorganisation (LGR) ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Deadlock over December deadline

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is bullish on enforcing a statutory dea...

DEVOLUTION

Rewiring the State: Devolution's next test

By Abdool Kara | 04 September 2026

Abdool Kara considers what radical devolution could mean for local government accountability and ...

GOVERNANCE

Driving devolution

By Heather Jameson | 03 September 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham may have set up No10 North as the engine room for devolution and is f...

FINANCE

Rebuilding Slough's finances

By Ian O'Donnell | 13 August 2026

Slough BC’s finances have been on a slow road to recovery. Ian O’Donnell looks at how far the cou...

DEVOLUTION

Turning delay into delivery

By Ann McGauran | 12 August 2026

Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority was born amid a two-year delay to the mayoral ...

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