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POLICY AND POLITICS
Dear secretary of state – part 2
By Steve Leach | 01 October 2025
As the new secretary of state Steve Reed settles into his new role, Steve Leach and Colin Copus t...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
Outgoing DCN chair calls for genuine devo
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 29 September 2025
As he steps down from his DCN role, chair Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen reflects on four turbulent years...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
From consultation to co-creation
By Andy Clarke | 29 September 2025
Andy Clarke explains how Growing Talent Morley is inspiring the next generation of place-makers.
REORGANISATION
Portsmouth formally requests reorganisation exemption
By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025
Portsmouth City Council has formally requested to be excluded from the local government reorganis...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Districts rebel against single East Sussex unitary submission
By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025
Two East Sussex districts have rebelled to unanimously call for a single council covering the ent...
DEVOLUTION
Whatever the structure, residents remain the same
By Heather Jameson | 25 September 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'Councils are scrambling to act before Government imposes financial restric...
DEVOLUTION
There's no time to lose
By Stephen Baker | 22 September 2025
As councils in the Devolution Priority Programme submit their full reorganisation proposals, Step...
REORGANISATION
The four-unitary model in Hants and the Isle of Wight creates a stable platform
By Gill Kneller | 19 September 2025
A four-unitary model in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight balances ambition with realism, innovatio...
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,...
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