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POLICY AND POLITICS
Shropshire in food waste warning
By Joe Lepper | 17 April 2026
Shropshire Council has warned it may not be able to collect food waste weekly until 2039.
PEOPLE
LGA interim chief revealed
By Heather Jameson | 17 April 2026
Former Camden LBC chief Jenny Rowlands is to take on the role of interim chief of the Local Gover...
DEVOLUTION
Call to devolve employment support
By Martin Ford | 17 April 2026
Mayors should be enlisted to provide support for people out of work due to ill health, a new repo...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale revealed
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Morale among Local Government Association (LGA) employees fell dramatically during the year leadi...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Essex steps back from reorganisation legal challenge
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2026
Essex CC has stepped back from a legal challenge to the Government’s reorganisation plans but cal...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA to privately lobby ministers over neighbourhoods' drive
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Local government is to privately lobby ministers over their neighbourhoods’ drive, including Whit...
SEND
SEND bailout at risk as councils await crucial guidance
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
Councils are facing a race against time to unlock essential central government funding for SEND (...
FINANCE
Reform defends £700m council savings claim
By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2026
A senior Reform UK figure has defended the party’s claim it has found £700m of savings at the cou...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government ploughs on with council tax billing switch
By Joe Lepper | 15 April 2026
The Government is to plough on with its plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month i...
PEOPLE
City chief executive announces departure
By Martin Ford | 15 April 2026
Derby City Council chief executive Paul Simpson has announced he is to stand down.
HOUSING
Basildon hit with lowest possible social housing grade
By William Eichler | 15 April 2026
Basildon BC has been awarded the lowest possible social housing grade after an inspection uncover...
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