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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Cleverly calls for transparency boost
By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026
Shadow local government secretary James Cleverly has called for measures that would strengthen the sector’s ‘accountability and transparency to the press and public’.
LEADERSHIP
Solace steps up lobbying over district exclusion from leadership event
By Dan Peters | 08 June 2026
The organisation representing senior officers has stepped up its lobbying after a Cabinet Office ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MPs scold Home Office over lack of council involvement in asylum
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2026
Local authorities still lack a ‘meaningful say’ in asylum accommodation decisions, a cross-party ...
WHITEHALL
'Concerned' Reed launches anti-profiteering push
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2026
‘Concerned’ local government secretary Steve Reed has vowed to ‘take action’ to tackle ‘profiteer...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Former LGA Labour figure made minister
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
A former Local Government Association Labour group leader has been appointed Parliamentary under-...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall delay to reorganisation legislation
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
Reform UK vows to ‘be awkward’ to thwart government plans for local government reorganisation.
REORGANISATION
Gloucestershire's devolution prize may not be on the table
By Kathy O'Leary | 14 April 2026
Gloucestershire's response to the Government's consultation on areas for spatial development stra...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
By By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026
Ministers have been urged to bring forward their decision on local government reorganisation in K...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government accused of 'failing to deliver' on council tax modernisation
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026
The Government has been accused of ‘failing to deliver’ on plans to modernise and improve the adm...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
By Dan Peters | 08 April 2026
Whitehall officials have vowed to work with local government on the development and implementatio...
WHITEHALL
Fresh call for national Housing First rollout
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2026
A charity has called for the Government to lead a national programme that provides homeless peopl...
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