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POLITICS

Ministers propose cancelling Surrey CC elections again

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2025

Ministers have proposed cancelling Surrey CC elections for a second year as they launched a consu...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Net zero agenda 'stalling' in councils

By Ann McGauran | 17 June 2025

The net zero agenda in local government is ‘stalling’, a campaign group has warned.

PAY

COSLA makes two-year pay offer

By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2025

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has offered a 4% pay rise for 2025-26 and an...

PEOPLE

Council chiefs feature in King's Birthday Honours List

By Martin Ford | 16 June 2025

Leading figures from the local government sector were among those awarded the most prestigious ti...

POLITICS

Starmer announces grooming gangs statutory inquiry

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will launch a statutory inquiry into the grooming ga...

DEVOLUTION

Think-tank calls for Glasgow mayor

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2025

Glasgow is at risk of falling behind England’s major cities unless it receives a devolution deal ...

POLITICS

Hollinrake warning over DOGE request

By Dan Peters | 13 June 2025

Requests for data by Reform UK’s DOGE unit are a ‘cyber-security disaster waiting to happen’, sha...

REORGANISATION

Hertfordshire ditches single unitary proposal

By Paul Marinko | 13 June 2025

Change of leadership at Hertfordshire CC following May’s local elections has led to a single unit...

COUNCIL TAX

Council tax to shoulder funding boosts

By Martin Ford | 12 June 2025

Increases to funding for local government and the police in the Spending Review will rely heavily...

SOCIAL CARE

Streeting urges NHS to 'work better with local government'

By Michael Burton | 12 June 2025

Health and care secretary Wes Streeting has promised mayors and council leaders ‘a seat at the ta...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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