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Total Place and financial flexibility is back on the agenda
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Total Place and financial flexibility is back on the agenda

By Anna Randle | 10 March 2026

Ahead of New Local’s convention on place-based budgeting next week, Anna Randle says that if the approach is to truly deliver on its promise, it will need to work alongside many additional enabler...

INTERVENTION

Minister orders review at Slough after 'slow progress'

By Martin Ford | 05 March 2026

Ministers have ordered an external review into Slough BC due to the ‘slow pace of progress’ in tu...

REORGANISATION

Surrey's new beginning

By Terence Herbert | 25 February 2026

Surrey’s 12 current councils are truly working together on reorganisation to deliver two new unit...

FINANCE

Financial reform cannot wait

By Owen Mapley | 18 February 2026

Owen Mapley says the finance settlement provides breathing space for many authorities – but this...

PERFORMANCE

The local outcomes framework comes with risks

By Ian Miller | 17 February 2026

Ian Miller says the local outcomes framework is a tool to allow Whitehall to intervene and he is ...

FINANCE

Local government finance settlement leaves sector divided

By Martin Ford | 17 February 2026

The most controversial local government finance settlement for years has divided the sector. Mart...

PERFORMANCE

Is it time to inspect homelessness?

By Jack Shaw | 11 February 2026

The Government is already laying much of the groundwork for an ‘Ofsted for homelessness’, says Ja...

FINANCE

Local government now has clarity and a credible way forward on SEND

By Rob Powell | 10 February 2026

Rob Powell says he is ‘relieved and pleased that we now have a meaningful solution’ to English co...

FINANCE

Trashing the new burdens local government funding doctrine

By Ian Miller | 03 February 2026

There seems no proof yet that a penny has been added to the local government settlement to meet t...

ELECTIONS

Political convenience is no justification for unconstitutional local election tinkering

By Colin Copus | 02 February 2026

The Government’s decision to ‘postpone or cancel’ local elections is ‘a travesty of constitutiona...

DEVOLUTION

The challenges, opportunities and risks of devo

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2026

The Government’s drive for devolution is set to radically alter the landscape of local government...

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