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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 with investment, says Steve Broadbent.
HOMELESSNESS
Welsh lessons to end homelessness
By Cllr Sara Burch | 14 October 2026
Sara Burch looks at how Welsh councils are using prevention, political will and housing investmen...
DEVOLUTION
First, rewire the place, then turn the lights on
By Rob Huntington | 14 October 2026
From Trumpton’s tangled wires to today’s fragmented public services, local government must join u...
PLANNING
Minister denies planning changes are 'overriding democracy'
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has denied changes to planning delegation rules were ‘overridi...
HOUSING
Deferring maintenance is a decision, not a saving
By Adnan Qureshi | 12 October 2026
Adnan Qureshi says delaying work can be a perfectly rational decision when budgets are tight. The...
HOUSING
Housing: From ambition to delivery
By Michael O’Doherty | 09 October 2026
Capacity building for the long term will be essential to realise ambitions for a renaissance in c...
HOUSING
Changes to empty homes powers 'particularly concerning'
By Martin Ford | 08 October 2026
Landlords have voiced alarm over plans to bolster council powers to bring empty homes back into use.
HOUSING
EXCLUSIVE: Council development firm could be wound down by 2030
By Neil Merrick | 07 October 2026
A loss-making development firm formed a decade ago by Cambridgeshire CC could be wound down by 2030.
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...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Spending on B&Bs for homeless families soars
By By Neil Merrick | 01 October 2026
The cost to councils of placing homeless families in B&Bs has shot up by a quarter, with spending...
HOUSING
Solving the housing crisis is key to social and environmental justice in London
By Zoë Garbett | 30 September 2026
With the Green Party conference set to take place on 2-4 October in Brighton, Zoë Garbett says ho...
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