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New unitaries to be hit by right to work check duty
UNITARY

New unitaries to be hit by right to work check duty

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025

Councils created under reorganisation will have to carry out fresh right to work checks for all staff transferring within 60 days of vesting day, The MJ understands.

FINANCE

Locality arrangements must be right to avoid remoteness between new unitaries and residents

By Kathy O'Leary | 16 December 2025

The recent removal of ‘remoteness’ as a factor in determining council funding through the Fair Fu...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation lessons

By Ann McGauran | 10 December 2025

As the current reorganisation wave begins, what insights are on offer from leaders who have alrea...

REORGANISATION

They'll tell the story of… local government reorganisation

By Beth Stewart | 09 December 2025

Beth Stewart assistant director, strategy & innovation at Newtrality says: 'To borrow from the mu...

REORGANISATION

The needs of people rather than maps are what most deserve our attention

By Pam Parkes | 09 December 2025

Pam Parkes fears structures are being locked into reorganisation without factoring in workforce c...

REORGANISATION

Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils

By Ian Miller | 08 December 2025

Where public and political demand exist, districts have bandwidth now to focus on creating town o...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Harnessing defence in Hunts

By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2025

As Huntingdonshire grapples with reorganisation, the district council is working hard to ensure u...

WHITEHALL

There is a need for change within Whitehall itself

By Dr Catherine Howe | 03 December 2025

Catherine Howe says the people driving change in local places are not turning the same focus on t...

REORGANISATION

Doing devo digitally

By Callin McLinden | 03 December 2025

Local government reorganisation's digital moment is really about people, parity, and shaping the ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Top table call for IT leads

By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025

Council IT leads need a ‘seat at the top table’ to ensure local government reorganisation is not ...

REORGANISATION

LGR in Greater Essex: An economic imperative and a political choice

By Cllr Daniel Cowan | 02 December 2025

As the Government announces a consultation on the future of local government in Essex, Daniel Cow...

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