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PLACE-MAKING
Shaping places that work for everyone
By Ann McGauran | 08 April 2026
Key Cities and architecture practice We Made That have set out five Rights to Place to ensure equitable distribution of resources, services and opportunities. Ann McGauran reports
REORGANISATION
Toil, then trouble on LGR
By Martin Ford | 02 April 2026
The Government has announced its decisions on new unitaries in four of the Devolution Priority Pr...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Show us the money
By Lee Peart | 31 March 2026
Social care funding is ‘a classic for the insurance system’, and the deadline for the final Casey...
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
Reducing reliance on temporary housing
By Naisha Polaine | 26 March 2026
Councils are still placing record numbers into short-term housing, but local authorities like Bar...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Peering into the future of Total Place
By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2026
National policymakers and local system leaders gathered at a convention to look at how place-base...
FINANCE
Counting the cost of rectifying exceptional financial support to councils
By David Blackman | 19 March 2026
The scale of the problems exceptional financial support is intended to tackle highlights the need...
DATA & DIGITAL
Rising to the cyber defence challenge
By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026
The landscape of cyber defence for local government has been undergoing an evolution. Martin Ford...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Membership manoeuvres
By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026
How are the groups representing councils positioning themselves to secure members as the pace of ...
POLITICS
After the elections: Crafting a new council
By Martin Ford | 04 March 2026
With councils bracing for the upheaval of political change in May’s local elections, Martin Ford ...
DEVOLUTION
A pivotal moment for mayors
By Ann McGauran | 25 February 2026
The recent devolution Bill and the Government’s consultation on visitor levies are seen as positi...
REGENERATION
Neighbourhood watch
By David Blackman | 20 February 2026
With the UK’s Shared Prosperity Fund expiring imminently, the launch of the Pride in Place progra...
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- 'Hard to see' what underpins LGR other than politics, says Reform
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- LGPS performing well, pension advisers say
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- Sector mourns loss of 'giant of English devolution'
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