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REORGANISATION
Portsmouth expected to reject reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025
Portsmouth City Council is expected to formally reject local government reorganisation at a meeti...
REORGANISATION
Brighton to back five unitary model
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025
Senior Brighton & Hove City Council members are expected to back a five-unitary model for Sussex,...
REORGANISATION
County backs east-west unitaries
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025
Senior Staffordshire CC members have backed the development of a business case for two new unitar...
PAY
Levelling the paying field
By Martin Ford | 17 September 2025
With a host of newly-minted unitaries set to spring up around England in the coming months and ye...
REORGANISATION
A chance to 'do better'
By Jenni Lloyd | 16 September 2025
With the appointment of a new minister, Jenni Lloyd says MHCLG has an opportunity to refocus reor...
REORGANISATION
Kent CC to submit single unitary proposal
By Dan Peters | 12 September 2025
Kent CC’s (KCC) leader Linden Kemkaran has confirmed her council will submit a proposal to Govern...
LEADERSHIP
From district to unitary: Lessons in leadership and place
By Dr Catherine Howe | 12 September 2025
Shifting to unitary leadership offers new insights on scale, place, and people, says Catherine Ho...
PROCUREMENT
Future Forum Midlands: Norse chief outlines merger challenges
By Ann McGauran | 11 September 2025
The chief executive of the Norse Group has set out his insights on the challenges of merging serv...
LEADERSHIP
How to be a successful council chief
By Frazer Thouard | 10 September 2025
In advance of The MJ’s Future Forum Midlands, recruitment specialist GatenbySanderson crunch the ...
DEVOLUTION
Warwickshire risks becoming a devo island, chief executive warns
By Ann McGauran | 09 September 2025
The rejection by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker of Warwickshire joining his combined authorit...
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