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POLICY AND POLITICS
Return of the Extended Ministerial Office?
By David Godfrey | 03 June 2026
Amidst the current calls for civil service reform, David Godfrey asks if Extended Ministerial Offices - as previously introduced in the Department of Communities and Local Government – could make a...
REORGANISATION
Slicing districts could slow LGR for fast-track areas
By By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 17 February 2025
Cutting across district boundaries to make new unitaries could create a backlog of legislation an...
PEOPLE
Clark joins Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2024
Former local government secretary Greg Clark has joined the Government's Industrial Strategy Advi...
REORGANISATION
Holden: We can't avoid reorganisation debate
By Paul Marinko | 19 September 2024
The most senior district council chief executive in the country this week conceded local governme...
SEND
SEND system 'not working'
By Dan Peters | 25 July 2024
Educational outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have fai...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Wanted: A cross-party view on SEND
By Greg Clark | 16 April 2024
The unwillingness of either of the Government contenders to make future SEND spending commitments...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis
By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024
Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...
WHITEHALL
Local government loses 'strongest advocate' Rowsell
By Martin Ford | 22 March 2024
Tributes have been paid across the local government sector following the sudden death of Paul Row...
FINANCE
Heseltine and Clark hit out over LEPs
By Michael Burton | 19 February 2024
Two former Conservative Cabinet ministers have hit out at plans to wind up England’s 39 Local Ent...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Time to simplify local government
By Heather Jameson | 14 June 2023
The time has come for local government reorganisation and for councils to be given more power, fo...
WHITEHALL
Unfinished business
By Heather Jameson | 13 June 2023
Greg Clark has been local government secretary twice. He speaks to Heather Jameson about the need...
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Director of Planning, Economy and Public Protection
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