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Reed steps up Tower Hamlets intervention
INTERVENTION

Reed steps up Tower Hamlets intervention

By Joe Lepper | 20 January 2026

The Government is stepping up its intervention in the running of Tower Hamlets LBC amid fresh doubts around its ability to improve.

FINANCE

EFS: Useful tool, not an end state

By Rob Whiteman CBE | 15 January 2026

Applying for Exceptional Financial Support? February could mark a turning point, as more councils...

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Unite accuses Birmingham CC leaders of misleading scrutiny committee

By William Eichler | 14 January 2026

Unite has accused Birmingham City Council’s lead commissioner and managing director of misleading...

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...

INTERVENTION

Strikes 'delaying' Birmingham's financial recovery

By Martin Ford | 02 December 2025

Ongoing strikes by bin workers at Birmingham City Council have held back efforts to recover from ...

SOCIAL CARE

The cost of improvement in children's social care

By William Burns | 02 December 2025

William Burns says that improvement to children’s social care is both complex, costly and long te...

INTERVENTION

Council at risk of MHCLG intervention backs urgent reforms

By William Eichler | 21 November 2025

Isle of Wight Council has backed urgent reforms after an independent report warned it risked Gove...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Birmingham s114 notice comes under fresh scrutiny

By Izzy Lepone | 03 November 2025

Financial experts have called for a public inquiry into Birmingham City Council’s decision to iss...

INTERVENTION

Counting the cost of local government failure

By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2025

Reflecting on the bailout figure announced by the Government as it unveiled plans for two new uni...

INTERVENTION

Our World is Local: Theresa Grant talks LGR and intervention

27 October 2025

The formidable Theresa Grant shares unflinching insights into reorganisation, intervention and lo...

REORGANISATION

Unpicking the Spelthorne strategy

By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2025

As the decision on reorganisation in Surrey is delayed, Spelthorne BC chief executive Daniel Moua...

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