Unitary - Page 1

While the sector awaits a swathe of government decisions on unitarisation, Duncan Flynn predicts how new unitary options in Kent and Medway could play out politically in elections to shadow authori...

REORGANISATION

Unitarisation: What comes next?

By Steve Leach | 24 April 2026

Steve Leach and Colin Copus ask if there will be ‘a further influx of smaller unitary authorities...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Sussex chiefs warn Whitehall over reorganisation risks

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2026

Sussex chief executives have warned Whitehall reorganisation delays create ‘real risks around tim...

PLANNING

'One size fits all' rules for the Government when it comes to planning committees

By Ian Miller | 20 April 2026

Setting 13 as the maximum size of planning committees might suit district councils, says Ian Mill...

REORGANISATION

The amount of local reform requires clear vision and better alignment

By Susan Parsonage | 16 April 2026

Susan Parsonage says the scale of reforms to councils, Integrated Care Boards and the police call...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Peers push back on committee system ban

By Neil Merrick | 14 April 2026

Peers have backed the right of councils to use committee systems, including by unitaries created ...

REORGANISATION

Gloucestershire's devolution prize may not be on the table

By Kathy O'Leary | 14 April 2026

Gloucestershire's response to the Government's consultation on areas for spatial development stra...

REORGANISATION

LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years

By Stephen Moir | 13 April 2026

Stephen Moir says corporate services are exactly the teams and services that will need protection...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026

Sussex leaders are to demand ministers fully explain why they have delayed a final reorganisation...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent

By By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026

Ministers have been urged to bring forward their decision on local government reorganisation in K...

LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

New name, same game

By Cllr Richard Wright | 09 April 2026

Chair of the newly-branded LCN, Richard Wright, talks to Paul Marinko about the network’s aims, w...