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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument
By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025
Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents to back their favoured reorganisation proposal.
ENVIRONMENT
Not zero: Core cities admit they will fail to hit ambitious climate targets
By Dan Peters | 07 August 2025
Core cities have called for billions of pounds of investment to transition to net zero after admi...
FINANCE
IFS: Inner London to lose from fair funding reforms
By William Eichler | 07 August 2025
Inner London is expected to be the biggest loser ‘by far’ from the Government’s proposed fair fun...
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce
By Dan Peters | 06 August 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to unde...
POLICY
Call for tourism tax to help reverse austerity
By Izzy Lepone | 06 August 2025
The introduction of a tourist tax would help reverse austerity’s ‘heavy toll’ on councils, the Au...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Putting the spotlight on place
By Ann McGauran | 06 August 2025
The Government is pushing on with a flurry of policy reforms, but leader of the sector’s place di...
REORGANISATION
Politics and pragmatism
By Andy Sawford | 06 August 2025
Andy Sawford asks who really shapes local government reorganisation, and looks at what proposals ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Fire and rehire advice behind director's suspension
By Dan Peters | 01 August 2025
A dispute over a controversial fire and rehire tactic is at the centre of the suspension of a Wor...
POLITICS
Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels
By Joe Lepper | 31 July 2025
The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed’ to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommo...
SOCIAL CARE
Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall
By Lee Peart | 29 July 2025
The Government has faced calls for higher pay and better conditions for social care workers as th...
POLICY
Peers pass fire and hire exemption
By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2025
Councils with financial problems that are placed under government intervention may be exempt from...
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