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FINANCE
Local government finance settlement leaves sector divided
By Martin Ford | 17 February 2026
The most controversial local government finance settlement for years has divided the sector. Mart...
IMPOWER INDEX
The Top 10 councils powering ahead on productivity
By Ann McGauran | 05 February 2026
Local government’s leadership may be dealing with a maelstrom of challenges, but the councils who...
FINANCE
Lessons in tourism levies
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2026
Powers to implement visitor levies will soon be available in all corners of the country. Martin F...
COHESION
Rebuilding the scaffolding to repair communities
By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2026
Community tensions have been rising in the last year, a new survey by Starfish Search has found. ...
REORGANISATION
What LGR means for the workers
By Heather Jameson | 26 January 2026
Local government reorganisation (LGR) is not all about the structures and politics – what about t...
DEVOLUTION
Is English devolution in a holding pattern hiatus?
By David Blackman | 20 January 2026
What impact will the delays to the mayoral elections in Greater Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, ...
AI
On your marks for the AI era in local government
By Dan Peters | 15 January 2026
Councils are racing to use AI to cut costs and improve services – but a shortage of skills is hol...
HOUSING
'Exporting' the housing challenge
By Paul Marinko | 14 January 2026
The growing tendency of councils to use ‘out of area’ placements to discharge their housing respo...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
A year to remember...
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2025
A devolution priority programme combined with a wider council reorganisation that could be seen f...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Unpicking the new mayoral fund
By David Blackman | 16 December 2025
The Budget may not have pulled any rabbits out of the hat for growth and regeneration, but there ...
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