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POLICY AND POLITICS
Four councils reject planning rule change
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026
Four English councils have rejected government reforms transferring planning decisions from elect...
SCOTLAND
Council leaders and unions issue uncertainty warning
By William Eichler | 29 October 2026
Local government leaders and trade union bosses have warned the Scottish Government’s proposed re...
REORGANISATION
April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 29 October 2026
Ministers have insisted Whitehall is ‘committed to seeing local government reorganisation through...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
By Izzy Lepone | 28 October 2026
The threshold for Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) is being increased to £18,000 to support hig...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Budget 2026: Chancellor confirms £285m Good Growth funding
By William Eichler | 28 October 2026
Mayors and local leaders will receive £285m of Good Growth funding and will have new borrowing po...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2026
A raft of new mayors and long-awaited ‘fiscal devolution roadmap’ have been announced by the Gove...
BUDGETS
Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2026
Chancellor John Healey has launched his first Budget, promising to ease pressure on families and ...
ROUGH SLEEPING
Budget 2026: 'Further £430m' to tackle rough sleeping
By Ann McGauran | 28 October 2026
Chancellor John Healey today committed to providing an ‘additional £430m’ to tackle rough sleepin...
PEOPLE
Welsh chief executive to retire
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2026
Rob Thomas has announced he is to retire as chief executive of the Vale of Glamorgan Council foll...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils must be 'convenors' on rough sleeping, says LGA chair after No10 summit
By Neil Merrick | 27 October 2026
The chair of the Local Government Association has called on councils to act as ‘convenors’ after ...
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