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POLICY AND POLITICS
Government proposes tougher sanctions in standards reform
By Dan Peters | 11 November 2025
Councillors and mayors who repeatedly break the rules or commit serious misconduct will face toug...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
NAO: SEND reforms must tackle £2.3bn school transport squeeze
By Dan Peters | 31 October 2025
Upcoming reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system must address gro...
HOUSING
What housing providers could get wrong under Awaab's Law
By Trevor Hampton | 09 October 2025
Trevor Hampton highlights some costly mistakes social housing providers could make under the new ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Food waste new burdens assessment still not completed
By Dan Peters | 09 October 2025
Whitehall has yet to complete a new burdens assessment for introducing separate food waste collec...
DEVOLUTION
EXCLUSIVE: London Councils lobby over working group membership
By Dan Peters | 08 October 2025
London Councils is lobbying to be included in a working group formed to compare the capital’s pow...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Consensus emerges over statutory climate change duty
By Joe Lepper | 02 October 2025
A ‘clear consensus’ has emerged among councils for the sector to be subject to a statutory climat...
FINANCE
Pension funds urged to engage with pools ahead of law change
By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds should engage with their pools now ahead of changes ...
POLITICS
'Devolution in name only': Lib Dem Vikki Slade talks local government reform
By Heather Jameson | 19 September 2025
As the Lib Dems head to Bournemouth for their party conference, local government spokesperson Vik...
UNIONS
EXCLUSIVE SURVEY: 'Women are being failed'
By Dan Peters | 18 September 2025
One in 10 local authority female staff have experienced inappropriate touching by a manager, a la...
POLITICS
MPs call for 'root and branch' transformation of 'broken' SEND system
By Lee Peart | 18 September 2025
A cross-party report has called for ‘root and branch transformation’ of the ‘broken’ special educ...
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