Mergers
Culture clash doomed merger
Councils should be wary of clashing of cultures after it led to the collapse of a council merger, a report has concluded.
Veolia to sell Suez UK waste business
French-owned waste management firm Veolia has proposed selling Suez’s UK waste business after regulators warned of the risks of a merger.
Two districts approve merger plans
Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon DCs have both agreed to merger plans that will establish a single South Warwickshire DC.
Lessons for digital change from the new unitaries
Nine months after the creation of two new unitary councils in Dorset, what have been the lessons from implementing change programmes, especially digital change? Chief executives discussed the issue at a round table debate hosted by The MJ and BT.
Welsh teenagers to get the vote in local government ‘overhaul’
A new law to give 16- and 17-year-olds in Wales the vote in council elections has been unveiled by the Welsh Government.
Christchurch in bid to stop unitary plans
Christchurch BC has warned it could take legal action if the Government forces it to merge with Bournemouth and Poole councils.