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POLICY AND POLITICS
Former LGA Labour figure made minister
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
A former Local Government Association Labour group leader has been appointed Parliamentary under-...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Chief in reorganisation 'distraction' warning
By Joe Lepper | 13 May 2026
Local government reorganisation is a ‘distraction factor’ for councils in their delivery of suppo...
LEGISLATION
Bill 'first step' in fiscal devolution era
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
The Overnight Visitor Levy Bill is the ‘first step in a new era of fiscal devolution in England’,...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reform UK unlikely to enter 'formal coalitions' on councils
By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2026
Reform UK is unlikely to join ‘formal coalitions’ to run councils, a leading party figure has tol...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall delay to reorganisation legislation
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
Reform UK vows to ‘be awkward’ to thwart government plans for local government reorganisation.
MAYORS
North Somerset votes to join West of England
By Paul Marinko | 13 May 2026
North Somerset councillors have backed plans for the council to join the West of England Combined...
REORGANISATION
Exclusive: District disaggregation requires 'properly thought through plan'
By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2026
A ‘properly thought through plan' with realistic timescales is needed if ministers are to press a...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Scale of no overall control delivers uncertainty
By Neil Merrick | 12 May 2026
Local authorities are facing weeks of uncertainty after elections left a record number of council...
LGA
LGA to stay Labour-led despite election disaster
By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2026
The Local Government Association is expected to remain Labour-led despite a huge swing towards Re...
POLITICS
Devo minister resigns
By Paul Marinko | 12 May 2026
Devolution minister Miatta Fahnbulleh has resigned and urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ‘do t...
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