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Call for fiscal devolution to be based on clear criteria
POLICY AND POLITICS

Call for fiscal devolution to be based on clear criteria

By Neil Merrick | 08 June 2026

Fiscal devolution must be based around local taxes or revenue rather than the existing grant system, a report has urged.

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Matthews named as CCN chair elect

By Dan Peters | 08 June 2026

The County Councils Network (CCN) has announced Lincolnshire CC leader Cllr Sean Matthews as its ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Social housing waiting lists will take more than 100 years to clear

By William Eichler | 08 June 2026

England’s social housing waiting lists will take 119 years to clear at the current pace of houseb...

POLICY AND POLITICS

MPs scold Home Office over lack of council involvement in asylum

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2026

Local authorities still lack a ‘meaningful say’ in asylum accommodation decisions, a cross-party ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms

By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026

Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special edu...

WALES

Review of Welsh funding formula already underway

By Paul Marinko | 05 June 2026

Wales’ new local government minister has said work has already started on reviewing the country’s...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control

By By Martin Ford | 04 June 2026

Experts have sounded a warning over government plans to detail a ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution.

DEVOLUTION

Building trust, capacity and accountability in England's strategic authorities

By Sandy Forsyth | 04 June 2026

To address the complexities in the evolution of strategic authorities, devolution needs to work b...

LGA

LGA chair to stand down

By Paul Marinko | 03 June 2026

Cllr Louise Gittins has today announced her intention to stand down as chair of the Local Governm...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Return of the Extended Ministerial Office?

By David Godfrey | 03 June 2026

Amidst the current calls for civil service reform, David Godfrey asks if Extended Ministerial Off...

FINANCE

Government to crack down on risky council investments

By Neil Merrick | 29 May 2026

Ministers are poised to crackdown on risky council investments using new powers to patrol ‘excess...

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