FISCAL DEVOLUTION

The great fiscal debate

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025

Ministers have withstood calls for fiscal devolution, but with local government finances in crisi...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Questions over financial impact of reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025

Questions have been raised over whether the Government’s approach to local government reorganisat...

FINANCE

New unitary seeks exceptional financial support

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2025

A unitary council that is less than two years old is seeking exceptional financial support from G...

REORGANISATION

The Great Reorganisation

By Martin Forbes | 30 January 2025

Martin Forbes looks at the likely outcomes the Government will be looking for in reorganisation p...

WORKFORCE

Capacity may be the unexpected upside of reorganisation

29 January 2025

One potential upside to bringing councils together is the pooling of local government talent to n...

FINANCE

We need to talk about the state of the state

By Heather Jameson | 29 January 2025

A Hollywood actor's eloquent court argument about why he shouldn't have to pay council tax may ra...

REORGANISATION

MPs hear sector divisions over reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2025

The size and scale of local authorities following reorganisation has left the sector divided.

REORGANISATION

Councils do not need to start from zero

By Rachael Shimmin | 24 January 2025

It is critical that councils with a desire to move to unitarisation have genuinely helpful suppor...

REORGANISATION

District warning over 500,000 threshold

By William Eichler | 24 January 2025

District councils are prepared to engage with local government reorganisation but warn against ‘r...

WORKFORCE

View from the Hill

By Greg Hayes | 22 January 2025

Greg Hayes explains how a focus on people can help councils navigate the upheavals of reorganisa...

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