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POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayor sidesteps calls for London exploitation board
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2026
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether he backs an exploitation board that would work with councils to tackle grooming gangs.
LEGAL
Southport Inquiry: a damning verdict
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2026
The inquiry into the devastating knife attack that claimed the lives of three young children in 2...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government ploughs on with council tax billing switch
By Joe Lepper | 15 April 2026
The Government is to plough on with its plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month i...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Action plan to strengthen cohesion
By William Eichler | 10 March 2026
The Government yesterday published an action plan aimed at strengthening community cohesion acros...
HEALTH
Helping mayors map a path to better places
By Mark Sandford | 03 March 2026
Mark Sandford says a new approach to working out the potential impact of development decisions on...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reform council facing challenge of beginning from 'standing start'
By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2026
Durham CC’s adaptation to future challenges could be delayed due to the Reform UK leadership begi...
CRIME
Connecting to create safer places
By John Tizard | 02 December 2025
Police and crime commissioner for Bedfordshire John Tizard says shared problem solving and pooled...
CRIME
Fighting back with AI
By Sharon Lea | 27 November 2025
Investment in AI-powered CCTV and a local law enforcement team is delivering real results in the ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Policing reform shouldn't be piecemeal
By Sir Bob Neill | 26 November 2025
The abolition of police and crime commissioners is a start, but no substitute for the scale of re...
COHESION
Cohesion rallying call as hate crime reaches record levels
By By Dan Peters | 16 October 2025
Cohesion is ‘core to what we do in local government’, the president of senior officers’ group Sol...
COHESION
Time to ACT on terrorism
By Dr Amy Batley | 01 October 2025
A new counter-terrorism system – ACT for local authorities – puts the emphasis on five areas of...
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