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CYBER SECURITY
Getting ready for 'game-changer' Cyber Security Act: Five steps for councils
By Peter Jones | 26 May 2026
Peter Jones identifies key steps for boards to deliver their action plans and enhanced security p...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Social workers in safeguarding warning
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026
Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...
LEGISLATION
The King's Speech fell short of delivering for local government
By Ian Miller | 22 May 2026
'Legislation to introduce a duty of candour for public servants and to remove peerages from disgr...
STEVE REED
EXCLUSIVE: Reed 'very aware' of standards issues amid legislation wait
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2026
Local government secretary Steve Reed is aware of the issues requiring a fresh standards regime f...
LEGISLATION
Bill 'first step' in fiscal devolution era
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
The Overnight Visitor Levy Bill is the ‘first step in a new era of fiscal devolution in England’,...
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.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Breaking point: Tough choices for childrens' services
By Martin Ford | 06 May 2026
Governments are finally confronting the spiralling cost of children’s services. As pressures inte...
LEGISLATION
Councils have the power to shape national policy
By Alison Potter | 05 May 2026
The Sustainable Communities Acts and the powers to initiate legislation were designed precisely t...
DEVOLUTION
Devo Act: revolution or repetition?
By Sue Griffiths | 05 May 2026
Sue Griffiths explores what the new devolution Act means for communities across England.
SOCIAL CARE
Southport: Knee-jerk legislation may overwhelm the system
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2026
The lessons of Southport need to be learned, says Heather Jameson. 'But there is no lack of legis...
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