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DEVOLUTION

EXCLUSIVE: Government reluctant to interfere with successful strategic authority boundaries

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2025

The Government has suggested it will not want to rip up existing strategic authority boundaries w...

GOVERNANCE

EXCLUSIVE: McMahon to meet Sheffield leaders about committee abolition

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2025

Minister Jim McMahon has committed to meeting with Sheffield City Council’s political group leade...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025

Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents t...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

All of England's LRFs to take part in pandemic exercise

By Martin Ford | 11 August 2025

All of England’s Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) will take part in a simulation exercise designed ...

REORGANISATION

Three unitary plan dismissed as 'unworkable' by opponents

By William Eichler | 08 August 2025

Lower-tier council leaders in Suffolk have published local government reorganisation proposals fo...

POLITICS

Homelessness minister quits to avoid becoming 'distraction'

By Dan Peters | 08 August 2025

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has quit the Government following allegations she evicted ten...

ENVIRONMENT

Not zero: Core cities admit they will fail to hit ambitious climate targets

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2025

Core cities have called for billions of pounds of investment to transition to net zero after admi...

FINANCE

IFS: Inner London to lose from fair funding reforms

By William Eichler | 07 August 2025

Inner London is expected to be the biggest loser ‘by far’ from the Government’s proposed fair fun...

MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce

By Dan Peters | 06 August 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to unde...

POLICY

Call for tourism tax to help reverse austerity

By Izzy Lepone | 06 August 2025

The introduction of a tourist tax would help reverse austerity’s ‘heavy toll’ on councils, the Au...

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Shared Planning Lawyer

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Premium jobAre you a focused, enthusiastic team player who enjoys a varied and interesting caseload Apply for this job

Broxbourne Borough Council

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Are you someone who leads with heart, thinks with vision, and delivers with impact? Apply for this job

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