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PLANNING
Planning overhaul to clamp down on 'unjustified local deviation'
By Martin Ford | 16 December 2025
Revised planning rules unveiled by the Government today would result in a ‘default yes’ in favour of development around train stations, on brownfield sites and for blocks of flats.
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...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Councils to push against statistics rowback
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025
Councils are preparing to push back after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed it wa...
HOMELESSNESS
£3.5bn investment to 'end homelessness for good'
By Dan Peters | 10 December 2025
A cross-government plan to ‘end homelessness for good’ by preventing it before it occurs has been...
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.
DEVOLUTION
Devolution Bill attacked by peers
By Joe Lepper | 09 December 2025
The Government’s devolution agenda risks ‘leaving communities without a meaningful voice’, Local ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils' concerns over access to holiday schemes
By Joe Lepper | 09 December 2025
Councils are concerned that the most vulnerable families are missing out on benefits of their hol...
DIVERSITY
There's no diluting diversity
By Emily Twinch | 09 December 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made it clear: he sees no need for dedicated diversity staff. Emily...
WHITEHALL
Grey belt countryside warning
By Joe Lepper | 07 December 2025
Almost nine in 10 grey belt developments approved by the Government rather than councils over the...
ASYLUM
Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation
By Joe Lepper | 04 December 2025
Councils fear a backlash from far-right activists if responsibility for housing asylum seekers wa...
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