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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable
By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025
Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first ele...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025
Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...
FINANCE
Late change to fair funding review expected
By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025
Urban councils are expecting a ‘perverse’ late change to proposed funding reform they fear would ...
HOUSING
Government 'confident' in housing plan
By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025
The Government has insisted it ‘remains confident in its plans to get Britain building’ after hou...
FINANCE
LGPS bigger than it has ever been
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales has continued to grow in size an...
FINANCE
Predictions of low take up for retention pooling scheme
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2025
Take up of a government invitation to councils to join the business rates retention pooling schem...
DEVOLUTION
EXCLUSIVE: London Councils lobby over working group membership
By Dan Peters | 08 October 2025
London Councils is lobbying to be included in a working group formed to compare the capital’s pow...
POLICY AND POLITICS
LGA: Outcomes framework should be expanded
By Neil Merrick | 30 September 2025
A proposed framework for assessing the effectiveness of councils should be expanded to cover all ...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Trio appointed to advise on reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 30 September 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has appointed three experienced...
REORGANISATION
County backs east-west unitaries
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025
Senior Staffordshire CC members have backed the development of a business case for two new unitar...
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