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EXCLUSIVE: Counties to take concerns to top
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

EXCLUSIVE: Counties to take concerns to top

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Joe Lepper | 28 May 2026

The County Councils Network (CCN) was this week preparing to take its concerns about local government reorganisation direct to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

Looking out for the local

By Paul Marinko | 27 May 2026

Helping the Local Councils Network’s members and officers to manage the disruption of moving to a...

REORGANISATION

Children's services: Navigating the challenge of LGR

By Emmet Regan | 27 May 2026

Emmet Regan says that as the next stages of local government reorganisation get underway, the ro...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall delay to reorganisation legislation

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026

Reform UK vows to ‘be awkward’ to thwart government plans for local government reorganisation.

REORGANISATION

Exclusive: District disaggregation requires 'properly thought through plan'

By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2026

A ‘properly thought through plan' with realistic timescales is needed if ministers are to press a...

REORGANISATION

Splitting successfully

By Kate Ryan | 13 May 2026

Kate Ryan explains why district disaggregation is LGR’s next challenge, and why sector-wide learn...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

CCN will ensure councils in county and rural areas remain central

By Simon Edwards | 13 May 2026

'Local government reorganisation may reshape councils, but like political change, it will not alt...

REGENERATION

Regeneration: Mitigating LGR's risks for struggling coastal communities

By Christopher Kerr | 12 May 2026

Local government reorganisation in England risks worsening conditions in already struggling coast...

LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

LGR needs to spur the shifting of services from a reactive to a preventative footing

By Cllr Richard Wright | 05 May 2026

The need to ensure new unitaries are safe and legal from day one should not obscure the ultimate ...

POLITICS

Kent's political possibilities

By Duncan Flynn | 29 April 2026

While the sector awaits a swathe of government decisions on unitarisation, Duncan Flynn predicts ...

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...

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