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IMPROVEMENT
EXCLUSIVE: £1.6m bill for intervention support
By Dan Peters | 10 February 2026
Councils under Government intervention have shelled out more than £1.6m on staff and consultants to support their commissioners and envoys, The MJ can reveal.
FINANCE
City council requests £15m exceptional financial support
By Dan Peters | 06 February 2026
Brighton & Hove City Council has requested £15m of exceptional financial support (EFS) from the M...
HOUSING
Reed hails housing starts increase
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2026
The number of new build starts in the year ending September 2025 has increased by 18% compared to...
WHITEHALL
Feeling of influence drops, Government survey finds
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025
The proportion of adults who believe they can personally influence decisions affecting their area...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Local government outcomes framework to be expanded
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 11 December 2025
Whitehall plan to broaden outcomes framework revealed.
POLICY AND POLITICS
MHCLG blow as councils' housebuilding expansion comes to a halt
By By Neil Merrick | 10 December 2025
A surge in housebuilding by councils is expected to grind to a halt – threatening the Government’...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers threatened with food waste refusal
By Dan Peters | 10 December 2025
Council leaders have warned ministers some local authorities will refuse to collect food waste.
WHITEHALL
Complex Whitehall funding system marred pandemic support, inquiry hears
By Joe Lepper | 05 December 2025
Councils’ delivery of pandemic support schemes was marred by Whitehall’s complex funding system a...
WHITEHALL
Government moves to strengthen council inquiries
By Dan Peters | 28 November 2025
A Government amendment was yesterday introduced to the Hillsborough law to strengthen local autho...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Reeves commits to homelessness review
By Dan Peters | 27 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to a review of homelessness service funding.
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision
By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025
Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...
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