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NET ZERO

Whitehall sets up virtual meetings to clarify councils' net zero roles

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 19 December 2025

Whitehall has formed a virtual working group with local government officers to provide ‘clarity’ ...

HOUSING

Lords committee urges Government to hand council BSR responsibility

By Paul Marinko | 11 December 2025

The Government has been urged to hand some Building Safety Regulator (BSR) responsibilities to co...

HEALTH

Future Forum North: NHS Confederation chief says ICBs 'doomed' without thinking change

By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2025

The chief executive of NHS Confederation has said Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are ‘doomed’ unle...

PROCUREMENT

Future Forum North: Councils urged to take 'grown up' approach to partnership boundaries

By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2025

Councils have been urged to take a ‘grown up’ approach and ‘lean into’ the boundaries that work f...

INTERVENTION

EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets improving but risk of 'optimism bias'

By Paul Marinko | 04 December 2025

Tower Hamlets LBC has improved and continues to show ‘strong financial management’ but a tendency...

HR

Sector uncertainty of employment rights Bill

By Paul Marinko | 02 December 2025

PEOPLE

Studdert departs New Local for No10

By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2025

The chief executive of local government think-tank New Local has been appointed as special advise...

PAY

Budget: Councils to be impacted by minimum wage and threshold freeze

By Paul Marinko | 26 November 2025

Councils, along with other employers, will be impacted by the chancellor’s decision to increase t...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Devo Bill amendments to protect councillors' addresses

By Paul Marinko | 24 November 2025

Ministers have acted upon Conservative calls to table amendments to the Devo Bill so councillors’...

FINANCE

Plymouth hunts for new 151 officer

By Paul Marinko | 19 November 2025

Plymouth City Council is looking for its third chief finance officer in three years following new...