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POLICY AND POLITICS
Review to assess fee devolution
By Dan Peters | 21 November 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a review of council fees to assess their suitability for devolution.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Alcohol harm warning over licensing relaxation
By Izzy Lepone | 09 October 2025
Government plans to allow pubs, clubs and restaurants to open into the early hours will ‘undoubte...
WHITEHALL
Councils to call for tighter HMO controls
By Neil Merrick | 02 October 2025
Councils are expected to call for tighter controls over houses in multiple occupation (HMO) after...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Mayor calls for 'decisive action' on taxi licensing
By Izzy Lepone | 04 September 2025
The Mayoral Council meeting will today hear Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham call for an end...
WHITEHALL
LGA warning over XL Bully dogs ban
By Mark Conrad | 19 March 2024
Councils face a double whammy of soaring costs and declining police support as they try to enforc...
WHITEHALL
Minister urges councils to 'co-locate' planning and licensing
By Mark Conrad | 22 January 2024
Councils have been urged to “co-locate” planning and licensing teams under plans to improve local...
BUSINESS
Coroner's deadline for council after Rottweiler mauling
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2023
A licensing team has been given until 13 November to respond after being urged to take a ‘more pr...
FINANCE
Bold action is needed to avoid widespread financial meltdown
By Ian Miller | 13 September 2023
While some cases of council failure point to poor decision-making or weak internal control, many ...
PLANNING
Protecting the welfare of asylum seekers in Great Yarmouth
By Sheila Oxtoby | 27 September 2022
The Home Office, with no advance notice and no funding, has left local authorities and health ser...
HOUSING
Council announces 'largest' selective licensing scheme in UK
By William Eichler | 20 September 2022
Birmingham City Council has been granted permission to introduce a selective licensing scheme for...
LICENSING
Cooking up a late storm
03 August 2022
It was no ‘half-baked’ plan, but it failed because the promise of ‘jam tomorrow’ was not enough t...
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