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EXCLUSIVE: Standards shake-up
POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Standards shake-up

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026

Government privately reaffirms commitment to legislative reforms to standards originally proposed under Starmer regime.

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Labour-led Brent and Barking and Dagenham miss out on first round of London homes cash

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026

Labour-led Brent and Barking & Dagenham LBCs are understood to have failed to get anything from t...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Prioritising action on standards is a must for PM

By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2026

Heather Jameson says it may be great news to hear that Andy Burnham is committed to delivering re...

HOUSING

Peers call for clarity on new towns

By Martin Ford | 15 October 2026

The Government has been urged to commit or ‘give up on’ its pledge to build the next generation o...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2026

Council chief executives have warned Whitehall that local authorities must be treated as equal pa...

LGA

LGA forges 'strategic partnership' with No10 North

By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026

The Local Government Association (LGA) is in talks with No10 North on developing a ‘strategic par...

POLICY AND POLITICS

'A denial of democracy'

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026

Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Work on Whitehall tensions tool slows under Burnham

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026

Work on a Whitehall tool to track community tensions has slowed since the change of Prime Ministe...

POLICY AND POLITICS

IFS warning over fiscal devolution

By Joe Lepper | 05 October 2026

The Government’s regional fiscal devolution agenda threatens to be blighted by regional imbalance...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Survey reveals audit still struggling

By Joe Lepper | 05 October 2026

Joe Lepper reports on Public Sector Audit Appointments’ latest council finance leaders survey.

POLICY AND POLITICS

County council considers legal action over reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2026

Lancashire CC could pursue legal action to stop the Government’s plans to overhaul local governme...

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Chief Executive

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