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POLICY AND POLITICS
Dear secretary of state – part 2
By Steve Leach | 01 October 2025
As the new secretary of state Steve Reed settles into his new role, Steve Leach and Colin Copus t...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Dear secretary of state - part 1
By Dr Simon Kaye | 30 September 2025
Secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Steve Reed, has a lot on his pl...
REORGANISATION
Ministers' question time
By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2025
Jonathan Carr-West looks at the reorganisation proposals submitted to the Government, and the que...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Trio appointed to advise on reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 30 September 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has appointed three experienced...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
Outgoing DCN chair calls for genuine devo
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 29 September 2025
As he steps down from his DCN role, chair Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen reflects on four turbulent years...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
From consultation to co-creation
By Andy Clarke | 29 September 2025
Andy Clarke explains how Growing Talent Morley is inspiring the next generation of place-makers.
REORGANISATION
Four competing LGR proposals for Essex
By Paul Marinko | 29 September 2025
Councils in Essex have submitted four competing bids for local government reorganisation, ranging...
REORGANISATION
Portsmouth formally requests reorganisation exemption
By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025
Portsmouth City Council has formally requested to be excluded from the local government reorganis...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Districts rebel against single East Sussex unitary submission
By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025
Two East Sussex districts have rebelled to unanimously call for a single council covering the ent...
DEVOLUTION
Whatever the structure, residents remain the same
By Heather Jameson | 25 September 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'Councils are scrambling to act before Government imposes financial restric...
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