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FINANCE

Reed to activate intervention powers

By Martin Ford | 01 April 2026

Questions have been raised over Government moves to implement fresh direct intervention powers in...

REORGANISATION

Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2026

The shape of local government reorganisation in four devolution priority areas has been unveiled ...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Peering into the future of Total Place

By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2026

National policymakers and local system leaders gathered at a convention to look at how place-base...

POLICY AND POLITICS

MHCLG tightens intervention in Tower Hamlets

By William Eichler | 20 March 2026

The Government has strengthened its intervention in Tower Hamlets LBC after accusations the counc...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Missions mirage

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2026

The absence of a genuine national growth plan and an accompanying plausible narrative is a block ...

TRANSPARENCY

Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state

By Ian Miller | 16 March 2026

The patriarchal attitude towards councils is shown in Whitehall’s approach to financial transpare...

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...

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...

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Information Governance Manager and Deputy DPO

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

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Erewash Borough Council

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