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REORGANISATION
Reform council backs county unitary
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2025
Reform-led Warwickshire CC has backed a plan for a county unitary and a bid to join the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
WHITEHALL
Ministers axe elections holiday compensation
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025
Ministers have decided the Government will no longer reimburse electoral services staff if a late...
REFORM UK CONFERENCE
Farage eyes London council elections and the Mayoral race
By Ann McGauran | 06 September 2025
All of London’s boroughs are in the electoral sights of Reform UK next year as it ‘gets ready to ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA must show its value to councils, says Reform UK group leader
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025
Reform UK will review its decision to have a group at the Local Government Association (LGA) afte...
PEOPLE
Earnshaw announces West Northamptonshire departure
By Dan Peters | 14 August 2025
West Northamptonshire Council’s chief executive Anna Earnshaw has announced she will be leaving t...
ELECTIONS
Government proposes Automatic Voter Registration move
By Dan Peters | 17 July 2025
Government plans to move to Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) will ‘make life simpler for everyo...
ELECTIONS
Elections 'uncertainty' hindered preparations
By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025
‘Uncertainty’ over whether this year's county council elections would go ahead hampered officers’...
ELECTIONS
Under pressure: The strain of snap elections
By Peter Stanyon | 09 July 2025
Peter Stanyon says election teams must have the legislation, systems and funding in place if they...
ELECTIONS
Reform LGA leader nominated
By Paul Marinko | 26 June 2025
Reform UK has decided who the leader and deputy leader of its new Local Government Association gr...
REORGANISATION
The death of local government
By Steve Leach | 25 June 2025
The Government’s commitment to authorities of around half-a-million will further decimate the cou...
POLITICS
Ministers propose cancelling Surrey CC elections again
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2025
Ministers have proposed cancelling Surrey CC elections for a second year as they launched a consu...
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