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ELECTIONS
The highs and lows of an anti-establishment ticket
By Heather Jameson | 25 April 2025
Heather Jameson writes: 'The problem with running on the anti-establishment ticket is that, if yo...
REORGANISATION
Reassembling the dragon
By Rob Thomas | 23 April 2025
Rob Thomas tracks policy debate on council reorganisation in Wales since 1996, and says the early...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation must be underpinned by honesty
By David Brown | 20 April 2025
Reorganisation requires clear, cogent policy set in a consistent framework, says David Brown. 'Ad...
REORGANISATION
If Surrey is straightforward, what does hard look like?
By Heather Jameson | 17 April 2025
When it comes to LGR Surrey is the hardest system to redesign, says Heather Jameson. 'With £5.6b...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's big, better adventure
By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2025
There may be challenges ahead, but reorganisation fan Rachael Wardell sees rays of hope as she ta...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Disaggregating children's services needs 'done delicately'
By Ann McGauran | 09 April 2025
Splitting up county council social care services into new authorities needs to be ‘done delicatel...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA updates business plan amid reorganisation shake-up
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) is working on a new business plan as mayors increasingly r...
COMMUNITIES
Let the people in
By Sarah Longlands | 08 April 2025
As cynicism grows, instead of battening down the hatches and staying in collective comfort zones,...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation refashioned
By Ryan Swift | 26 March 2025
Ryan Swift says if existing unitaries are to be reshaped in the longer-term, population size alon...
REORGANISATION
Lay of the land
By MJ reporters | 24 March 2025
The MJ team breaks down the current state of play after the passing of the deadline for areas to ...
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