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LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK
Local government reorganisation: turning uncertainty into meaningful reform
By Cllr Richard Wright | 05 October 2026
Uncertainty around local government reorganisation threatens progress, but reform can strengthen local services, growth and devolution, says Cllr Richard Wright.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Burnham 'growth in every postcode' ambition dismissed
By Neil Merrick | 22 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been warned against awarding groundbreaking tax powers to every r...
MAYORS
Call for mayoral 'low pay commissions'
By Martin Ford | 28 August 2026
Mayoral ‘low pay commissions’ should be established as part of the Government’s devolution drive,...
BUSINESS RATES
Government announces business rates review
By Martin Ford | 24 August 2026
The Government has today launched an independent review of pub and hotel business rates valuations.
TRADE DEAL
Mayors to lead more trade missions, experts predict
By Dan Peters | 04 August 2026
The UK’s first joint mayoral-led mission to India due to take place later this year is a sign of ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Mayors warned over partnership working
By Joe Lepper | 03 August 2026
Mayoral strategic authorities (MSAs) need to improve their partnership working with investors to ...
FINANCE
Council to save interest after securing loan
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2026
The National Wealth Fund has granted West Suffolk Council a £9m loan to help deliver a state-of-t...
HERITAGE
Let's treat heritage buildings as civic infrastructure
By Jonathan Werran | 29 July 2026
Jonathan Werran asks if heritage buildings can prove an unlikely policy winner for a prime minist...
SKILLS
Local government handed role developing skills pipelines
By Martin Ford | 28 July 2026
Councils and mayors will be given a role in developing skills pipelines for local industries unde...
BUSINESS RATES
Burnham's small business rates plan could cost £880m a year
By William Eichler | 06 July 2026
Andy Burnham’s proposed rates reforms could help cut business rates for over 100,000 small busine...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
Taking back control
By Sarah Longlands | 01 July 2026
Is Burnham’s vision of the productive state a licence for local government to take back control, ...
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