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POLITICS
New politics, new tensions
By Rob Whiteman | 02 September 2025
As Reform UK gathers this week for its annual conference, Rob Whiteman argues that with the party...
POLITICS
Embracing Reform
By Ann McGauran | 02 September 2025
Stephen Atkinson speaks to Ann McGauran ahead of Reform UK’s conference this week about the value...
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...
POLITICS
Reform UK plan to overhaul LGPS sparks backlash
By William Eichler | 01 September 2025
Reforming the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales (LGPS) could save taxpayers ar...
HOUSING
ARCH plea to increase rent cap
By Neil Merrick | 01 September 2025
Councils should be able to raise tenants’ rents by up to £3 per week on top of any inflation-link...
INNOVATION
Council buys rail transport operator
By Dan Peters | 22 August 2025
Dudley Council has bought the operators of Coventry’s fledgling rail transport system.
POLITICS
Kent reassurance after staff DOGE concerns
By Dan Peters | 22 August 2025
Reform-run Kent CC (KCC) has reassured employees that any decisions to share data with the party’...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA must show its value to councils, says Reform UK group leader
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025
Reform UK will review its decision to have a group at the Local Government Association (LGA) afte...
REORGANISATION
Suffolk CC opposition: Maintain roads instead of splashing out on reorganisation publicity
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025
Suffolk CC has spent around £100,000 of taxpayers’ money promoting a single county unitary to res...
PEOPLE
Earnshaw announces West Northamptonshire departure
By Dan Peters | 14 August 2025
West Northamptonshire Council’s chief executive Anna Earnshaw has announced she will be leaving t...
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- Chiefs take charge
- Unai Emery's brilliance provides a great blueprint for local government finance leaders
- Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control
- Progress on neighbourhood health, but much more to do
- What England can learn from Japan's approach to local government finance
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