Reorganisation

Latest Reorganisation

Sussex: a warning, not an anomaly

By Samer Bagaeen | 15 April 2026

Samer Bagaeen argues it would be comforting to treat ‘paralysis’ on reorganisation in Sussex as a one-off, but it points to a deeper problem at the heart of the reform programme – the absence of a...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Peers push back on committee system ban

By Neil Merrick | 14 April 2026

Peers have backed the right of councils to use committee systems, including by unitaries created ...

REORGANISATION

Gloucestershire's devolution prize may not be on the table

By Kathy O'Leary | 14 April 2026

Gloucestershire's response to the Government's consultation on areas for spatial development stra...

REORGANISATION

LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years

By Stephen Moir | 13 April 2026

Stephen Moir says corporate services are exactly the teams and services that will need protection...

ADPH

Putting prevention first

By Matthew Ashton | 09 April 2026

Prof Matthew Ashton says investing in our communities and places, and delivering on the promise o...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026

Sussex leaders are to demand ministers fully explain why they have delayed a final reorganisation...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent

By By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026

Ministers have been urged to bring forward their decision on local government reorganisation in K...

PERFORMANCE

Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol

By Nick Hibberd | 09 April 2026

Bristol’s Corporate Peer Challenge recognised a deeply embedded culture of activism, diversity an...

PLANNING

Uneven devo prompting push-back on housing growth plans

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2026

Uneven progress in devolution across England could result in council resistance to Government pla...

ELECTIONS

The political consequence on reorganisation

By By Paul Marinko | 09 April 2026

With local elections now in full swing, it is inevitable that pronouncements by local politicians...

LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

New name, same game

By Cllr Richard Wright | 09 April 2026

Chair of the newly-branded LCN, Richard Wright, talks to Paul Marinko about the network’s aims, w...