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POLICY AND POLITICS
Why it's time to stand up for local government
By Heather Jameson | 21 October 2026
'As the spotlight shifts to mayors and strategic authorities, local government must not become the poor relation – impoverished, subjugated and exploited', says Heather Jameson.
WALES
Welsh Government to postpone council tax revaluation
By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026
The Welsh Government has announced plans to postponed council tax revaluation until after the nex...
FUNDING
Government faces formal challenge over funding
By Martin Ford | 19 October 2026
Kensington and Chelsea LBC has announced it will press ahead with a formal challenge to the Gover...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Autumn Budget must provide the financial stability councils need
By Chris Cooke | 19 October 2026
Writing ahead of next week’s Autumn Budget, chair of SIGOMA mayor Chris Cooke says councils need ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Local councils: Funding the transition to care reform
By Colin Ansell | 19 October 2026
Before a National Care Service is created, a bridge over troubled water is needed. One possible a...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's social care inquiry reveals system strain and reform
By Martin Ford | 16 October 2026
A picture of a system under strain emerged as a wide-ranging inquiry into children’s social care ...
REORGANISATION
LCN warns against bigger unitary councils
By Neil Merrick | 16 October 2026
Ministers taking a second look at local government reorganisation (LGR) have been warned against ...
FINANCE
Cheshire East faces 'significant' finance risk
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2026
Financial sustainability ‘remains a significant corporate risk’ at Cheshire East Council, accordi...
FINANCE
Call for long-term EFS plan
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026
The Government must turn exceptional financial support (EFS) into a ‘managed recovery regime rath...
FINANCE
The route out of EFS
By Owen Mapley | 15 October 2026
Exceptional financial support to councils must become a bridge back to sustainability, says Owen ...
FINANCE
Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
By Rob Powell | 14 October 2026
'If the test for LGR across England is merely that the new arrangements should be no less unsusta...
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