Policy

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025

County council leaders have hit back at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) policy shift on ...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Government open to doughnut unitaries

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025

Central government is open to a number of so-called doughnut unitaries, with some expanding to ma...

LEADERSHIP

For the long-haul

By Piali Das Gupta | 25 February 2025

Piali Das Gupta dispenses some advice on how to achieve long-term change while managing short-ter...

PREVENT

Former MP calls for national public inquiry after 'clearly inadequate' Prevent review

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025

A review of the handling by a counter-terrorism programme of MP Sir David Amess’ killer failed to...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Elected council mayors could be 'discontinued'

By Heather Jameson | 13 February 2025

Senior Whitehall officials are keen to scrap directly-elected council mayors despite a fudged com...

POLITICS

Government increases public health grant by 5.4%

By Lee Peart | 07 February 2025

A £200m boost to public health services from 2024-25 has been announced by the Government.

Beginnings and enormous possibilities

By Dr Catherine Howe | 05 February 2025

In her first Soapbox column, Dr Catherine Howe says that when she lifts her head out of the immed...

FINANCE

Edinburgh tourism tax could be starting point for fiscal devolution, experts suggest

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025

The approach to a tourism tax being taken forward in Scottish and Welsh cities could be a startin...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Rebels with a cause

By By Dan Peters | 16 January 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has been warned some members could quit over its stance on...

FINANCE

We can't wait for finance reform

By Patrick Meila | 13 January 2025

Despite the pace of change in local government, the crisis in local government finance remain unt...

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