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POLICY AND POLITICS

Social housing waiting lists will take more than 100 years to clear

By William Eichler | 08 June 2026

England’s social housing waiting lists will take 119 years to clear at the current pace of houseb...

POLICY AND POLITICS

MPs scold Home Office over lack of council involvement in asylum

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2026

Local authorities still lack a ‘meaningful say’ in asylum accommodation decisions, a cross-party ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms

By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026

Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special edu...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control

By By Martin Ford | 04 June 2026

Experts have sounded a warning over government plans to detail a ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution.

DEVOLUTION

Building trust, capacity and accountability in England's strategic authorities

By Sandy Forsyth | 04 June 2026

To address the complexities in the evolution of strategic authorities, devolution needs to work b...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Return of the Extended Ministerial Office?

By David Godfrey | 03 June 2026

Amidst the current calls for civil service reform, David Godfrey asks if Extended Ministerial Off...

AI

Watchdog to publish AI procurement guidance for councils

By Joe Lepper | 02 June 2026

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is set to publish guidance to support councils and ot...

FINANCE

Fiscal Devolution in England: Breaking Treasury Myths

By Jack Shaw | 01 June 2026

England’s highly centralised financial model has prompted calls to break up or restructure the Tr...

SOLACE

Local politicians should not mistake professional challenge for obstruction

By Graeme McDonald | 28 May 2026

Graeme McDonald says council officers should give honest, sometimes uncomfortable, professional a...

MHCLG

MHCLG praises council capability on housing

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026

A senior Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) official has praised the i...

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