REORGANISATION

Social care disaggregation cost could hit £500m a year, CCN claims

By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025

The annual recurring cost of splitting up and duplicating county council social care services int...

POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Stretched capacity slows pace of reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2025

Small unitary councils are to be spared reorganisation until the map has been redrawn in two-tier...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA chair linked to standing for Parliament

By Dan Peters | 05 March 2025

Local Government Association chair Louise Gittins has been linked with standing in the possible R...

WORKFORCE

Union criticises council's 'fire and rehire' plan

By Joe Lepper | 04 March 2025

The GMB trade union has criticised Tory-led Devon CC for adopting a rare ‘fire and rehire’ strate...

POLITICS

Shortfall worsens after allocation changes

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2025

Councils are facing an additional £76m shortfall in their temporary accommodation budgets followi...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Shadow minister: levelling up 'would take decades'

By Martin Ford | 28 February 2025

The last Conservative government failed to articulate the long-term nature of its levelling up po...

POLICY

Pennycook confirms local plans 'overhaul'

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025

The Government has confirmed an ‘overhaul’ of local plans.

REORGANISATION

Counties pressure LGA over reorganisation shift

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...

ROUGH SLEEPING

Rough sleeping numbers increase by a fifth

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025

The number of people estimated to be sleeping rough has increased by a fifth, Government figures ...

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