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No10 North should dispense with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government requirement that an area must 'endure an indeterminate phase of foundation strategic authority before being...

LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

Shifting from LGR to integration

By Dr Catherine Howe | 08 July 2026

New unitary councils must transition well following reorganisation and the Local Councils Network...

REORGANISATION

Why reorganisation threatens Harlow's regeneration vision

By Ann McGauran | 01 July 2026

Harlow Council’s leader Dan Swords talks to Ann McGauran about why local government reorganisatio...

DEVOLUTION

Burnham's devolution mission

By Martin Ford | 30 June 2026

Poised to enter No10, Andy Burnham has put devolution firmly at the centre of his leadership pitc...

LEGAL

Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation

By William Eichler | 26 June 2026

Senior Suffolk CC members will decide on Monday whether to continue with formal legal action agai...

REORGANISATION

Rebuilding localism from the ashes of structural reform

By Colin Copus | 25 June 2026

Steve Leach and Colin Copus say that as reorganisation accelerates, leaders should consider how c...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists

By Paul Marinko | 23 June 2026

Ministers have insisted they are ‘on track’ to announce the next tranche of reorganisation decisi...

REORGANISATION

Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right

By Elliott Fletcher | 23 June 2026

Most LGR savings assumptions won't deliver without this – what every council must get right befor...

LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

Seizing the opportunity of local government reorganisation

By Cllr Richard Wright | 19 June 2026

Rather than recreating existing structures, councils should use reorganisation to transform servi...

POLICY

Fit for which future?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 16 June 2026

In the context of transformation discussions, Jonathan Carr-West says the questions local governm...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Westbrook to decide on reorganisation legal challenge

By Dan Peters | 12 June 2026

The chief executive of Conservative-led Hampshire CC Gary Westbrook will take further advice from...