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INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Cotton 'deal' would land Birmingham in the mire

By Heather Jameson | 29 April 2026

Heather Jameson says if Cllr John Cotton’s pay deal - announced by him as Labour leader of Birmingham City Council, not leader of the council - goes ahead 'it would mean another equal pay headach...

HOMELESSNESS

Mayors: A secret weapon to tackle homelessness?

By Jack Shaw | 29 April 2026

Jack Shaw says mayoral leadership can add much-needed ballast to a broken, expensive system that ...

POLITICS

Kent's political possibilities

By Duncan Flynn | 29 April 2026

While the sector awaits a swathe of government decisions on unitarisation, Duncan Flynn predicts ...

REORGANISATION

Unitarisation: What comes next?

By Steve Leach | 24 April 2026

Steve Leach and Colin Copus ask if there will be ‘a further influx of smaller unitary authorities...

ELECTIONS

Reform leads ward coverage in May local elections

By Martin Ford | 13 April 2026

Reform UK will contest all but two wards in May’s local elections, more than any other party.

REORGANISATION

'Hard to see' what underpins LGR other than politics, says Reform

By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2026

Reform UK’s head of government delivery has said it is ‘hard to see’ what lies behind the Govermm...

REORGANISATION

Holding the LGR line?

By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2026

Will reorganisation be delivered ahead of the General Election, and to what extent is the Governm...

POLITICS

Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents

By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026

Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...

PEOPLE

Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2026

Former local government minister Phil Woolas has died, his family has announced.

REORGANISATION

New boundaries, new politics?

By Duncan Flynn | 12 March 2026

As the sector awaits the Government’s decision on the boundaries for unitary authorities in the v...

ELECTIONS

Rolling the dice on the May polls

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2026

Jonathan Werran considers the scenarios that could emerge from the local elections and says recen...