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POLICY AND POLITICS

Legal shadow looms over reorganisation decision day

By Dan Peters | 15 July 2026

Several councils due to receive ministerial decisions on their local government reorganisation proposals tomorrow have been preparing for potential legal challenges, The MJ understands.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Government urged to 'think again' on removing local authorities from ICBs

By Lee Peart | 13 July 2026

The Government has been urged to reconsider plans to remove the statutory right for local governm...

HOUSING

Portsmouth loses HMO legal battle

By Martin Ford | 07 July 2026

Portsmouth City Council has lost a legal case over its licensing scheme for houses in multiple oc...

REORGANISATION

Suffolk CC to push on with LGR legal challenge

By William Eichler | 30 June 2026

Suffolk CC is pursuing its legal challenge to local government reorganisation (LGR) following rev...

Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation

By William Eichler | 26 June 2026

Senior Suffolk CC members will decide on Monday whether to continue with formal legal action agai...

HR

Brighton faces 'unquantifiable' liability over equal pay claims

By William Eichler | 25 June 2026

Brighton and Hove City Council is unsure about the level of financial exposure it faces from more...

REORGANISATION

Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 24 June 2026

Two of the largest councils in Hampshire have become the latest to launch a legal challenges agai...

HOUSING

London councils launch affordable housing legal challenge

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2026

Three London councils have launched a legal challenge to stop Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan’s cu...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists

By Paul Marinko | 23 June 2026

Ministers have insisted they are ‘on track’ to announce the next tranche of reorganisation decisi...

LEGAL

Making sure World Cup events aren't an own goal for councils

By David Mayor | 22 June 2026

As the World Cup kicks off, councils must ensure that fan zones and summer events do not expose t...

FINANCE

Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation

By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026

The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...