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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...
WORKFORCE
The opportunity of uncertainty
By Anthony Lewis | 22 January 2025
Local government reorganisation is a test for personal and organisational resilience, argues Anth...
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