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REORGANISATION
Keeping local government local
By Colin Copus | 21 February 2023
As delegates gather for the District Councils’ Network Annual Conference in Hertfordshire, Colin ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Culture clash doomed merger
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2023
Councils should be wary of clashing of cultures after it led to the collapse of a council merger,...
DEVOLUTION
Lincolnshire in mayoral devolution deal push
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2022
Lincolnshire’s upper-tier councils are to press for a devolution deal including an elected mayor.
PLANNING
Transformation stalled at unitary's planning service, peers find
By Martin Ford | 19 December 2022
‘Widespread dissatisfaction’ with enforcement has been uncovered by a peer review of a new unitar...
FINANCE
Carter: Reorganisation will boost fiscal devolution case
By Mark Conrad | 13 December 2022
Fiscal devolution must be accompanied by reorganisation and growth incentives if councils are to ...
DEVOLUTION
Labour launches its plans for devo without the detail
By Heather Jameson | 07 December 2022
Heather Jameson says Gordon Brown’s report is more notable for what it lacks than the warm words ...
REORGANISATION
Now back to the real world
By Chris Tambini | 30 November 2022
Chris Tambini takes a fantastical look at what he thinks a rational secretary of state could do -...
REORGANISATION
Mayoral model faces opposition in Cornwall
By Martin Ford | 29 November 2022
There are doubts over Cornwall Council’s devolution deal as the issue of a mayor remains a sticki...
FINANCE
Council in talks over safety valve breach
By Martin Ford | 03 November 2022
Dorset Council is holding talks with Whitehall as it expects to breach an agreement to pay off it...
HEALTH
Making a difference in Bedford
By Dan Peters | 02 November 2022
Bedford BC’s chief executive Laura Church is a fan of unitarisation, but she says it comes with i...
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