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REORGANISATION

One for all and all for one

By Cllr Martin Tett | 11 December 2024

The path to becoming a unitary authority is beset by many challenges, but five years on, Cllr Ma...

REORGANISATION

Prescott's regional ambitions live on in devolution plans

By Heather Jameson | 28 November 2024

We know there is an ambition for reorganisation, says Heather Jameson. 'But what is becoming incr...

REORGANISATION

Councils brace for reorganisation push

By Martin Ford | 25 November 2024

Six counties in the east of England are expected to be among those at the front of the queue for ...

REORGANISATION

'Write off the debts or reorganisation will fail'

By By Heather Jameson | 13 November 2024

The Government will need to write off the debts of failing councils if they want reorganisation, ...

REORGANISATION

The path to reorganisation is full of perils and pitfalls

By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2024

Heather Jameson says the path to reorganisation is not without its perils and pitfalls – 'not lea...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Government to launch full reorganisation

By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2024

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum Midlands: CIPFA chief calls for reorganisation debate

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2024

The chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy has called for a...

FINANCE

Playing an unwinnable hand

By Jon Rouse | 11 September 2024

Jon Rouse looks at how to navigate the perfect storm of managing a unitary authority when the nu...

REORGANISATION

Local government reorganisation – panacea or mirage?

By Paul Dossett | 10 September 2024

If local government reorganisation is not properly planned, structured and resourced, there is a ...

COVID

Learning the lessons from Covid

By Davide Vampa | 22 July 2024

The first report of the UK Covid inquiry signals that the sidelining of local government alongsid...