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LABOUR PARTY
Labour looks local
By Cllr Bev Craig | 26 September 2025
As Labour delegates prepare to head to the party conference in Liverpool, Cllr Bev Craig outlines the key reforms impacting local government and signals a renewed partnership with local leaders.
FINANCE
Shropshire 'a hair's breadth' from s114
By Martin Ford | 25 September 2025
Shropshire Council will have to rely on Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) to stave off a sectio...
HOUSING
LGA: Councils need more than a decade to reach decent homes standard
By Neil Merrick | 24 September 2025
Councils should be given up to 12 years to bring social housing up to an enhanced decent homes st...
POLICY AND POLITICS
After the reshuffle: ensuring the LGA's voice continues to be heard
By Louise Gittins | 23 September 2025
The LGA is engaging with the new ministerial team and with parliament to help shape reforms aroun...
GOVERNANCE
Understanding the Golden Triangle
By Graeme McDonald | 10 September 2025
Graeme McDonald explores a report that outlines the vital responsibilities of local government’s ...
LGA
Concern over 'top-down' outcomes framework
By Martin Ford | 08 September 2025
Council leaders have voiced fears over the planned local government outcomes framework.
POLITICS
Reform UK 'could be LGA's biggest group'
By Ann McGauran | 03 September 2025
Reform UK’s group leader at the Local Government Association (LGA) has suggested it could be the ...
HOMELESSNESS
After the 'asylum hotels' injunction
By Victoria Searle | 02 September 2025
As the pressures facing local authorities in housing vulnerable people are brought to life in the...
POLITICS
Embracing Reform
By Ann McGauran | 02 September 2025
Stephen Atkinson speaks to Ann McGauran ahead of Reform UK’s conference this week about the value...
COHESION
Call for Government to work with councils on cohesion
By Martin Ford | 02 September 2025
Pleas have been made to the Government to work with councils amid violence and confrontations bet...
AI
Make AI a booster, not a blocker
By Vivek Behl | 22 August 2025
Without a co-ordinated approach to AI adoption, councils risk causing confusion and frustration r...
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