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SCOTLAND
Watchdog tells Scottish councils to raise ambition on transformation
By William Eichler | 21 May 2026
Scotland’s councils need to significantly increase the pace and scale of their service transforma...
REORGANISATION
Suffolk Reform leadership follows Essex with LGR legal challenge
By Paul Marinko | 15 May 2026
Suffolk CC’s new Reform UK leadership has followed Essex CC is announcing plans for legal action ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG working to overhaul Best Value
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2026
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is working on a review and upda...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall delay to reorganisation legislation
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
Reform UK vows to ‘be awkward’ to thwart government plans for local government reorganisation.
LEGAL
High Court ruling worth 'millions' to councils
By Martin Ford | 07 May 2026
Sunderland City Council and Middlesbrough Council have fended off a legal challenge that could ha...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
By Neil Merrick | 05 May 2026
Doncaster’s Labour mayor has stepped into the row between chief executive Damian Allen and Reform...
REORGANISATION
Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
By Martin Ford | 01 May 2026
The Government could face a legal challenge to reorganisation plans for Hampshire.
COUNCILLORS
Guiding new councillors on the right path
By Sue Bearman | 30 April 2026
With the sector gearing up on 7 May for the biggest set of elections since the 2024 General Elect...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
By By Joe Lepper | 30 April 2026
Local government reorganisation in Devon is ‘causing a distraction’ for the region’s fledgling co...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayor sidesteps calls for London exploitation board
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2026
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether he backs an exploitation board that would ...
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Assistant Director, Children and Families
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