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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...
HOUSING
Government 'absolutely committed' to 1.5 million homes target
By Dan Peters | 12 September 2025
The new housing secretary Steve Reed has insisted the Government is ‘absolutely committed’ to get...
PLANNING
Coalition calls for planning law change
By Neil Merrick | 01 September 2025
Ministers have been urged to change the law to reduce the number of non-residential buildings tur...
FINANCE
Audit costs rise by 238%, research reveals
By Izzy Lepone | 19 August 2025
Audit reform ambitions have ‘failed’, creating ‘market chaos’, researchers from the University of...
IMMIGRATION
More than £300m Ukrainian refugee funding unspent
By William Eichler | 19 August 2025
More than £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees still sits in council ...
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