Title
COVID
'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
By Neil Merrick | 02 March 2026
A government failure to recognise council employees as key workers during the pandemic must be re...
SOCIAL CARE
Social care prioritisation drops to record low
By Lee Peart | 02 March 2026
Public prioritisation of social care as a major issue has dropped to a record of between 1% and 3...
WHITEHALL
Government to 'look again' at election postponement powers
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2026
The Government will ‘look again’ at the secretary of state’s powers after peers launched an attem...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: VOA seeking to catch up with banding backlog
By Dan Peters | 26 February 2026
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has injected extra resources to ‘prioritise banding new propert...
PERFORMANCE
A framework for building trust in councils
By Abdool Kara | 26 February 2026
The outcomes framework is an opportunity to drive clearer insight into public sector outcomes and...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Cross-party LGA fails to agree tourism tax line
By Joe Lepper | 24 February 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) has failed to agree on whether to back plans to give Engli...
FINANCE
Exceptional financial support increases
By Dan Peters | 23 February 2026
Some 37 local authorities will be issued with £1.9bn in exceptional financial support (EFS), allo...
SEND
Government announces £4bn SEND overhaul
By Joe Lepper | 23 February 2026
A £4bn ‘generational’ overhaul of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support has b...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Combined authority blocks release of mass transit report
By Dan Peters | 19 February 2026
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has refused to release a report by a government body int...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Treasury control over transport is stalling regional growth, IPPR warns
By William Eichler | 18 February 2026
Centralised Treasury control over transport spending is constraining regional growth, according t...
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