Public survey backs two unitaries for Worcestershire
REORGANISATION

Public survey backs two unitaries for Worcestershire

By Ann McGauran | 08 July 2025

Nearly half of survey respondents have backed the creation of two unitaries for Worcestershire rather than the county’s interim preference for a single unitary.

REORGANISATION

Changes agreed to strengthen LGA governance

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2025

The Labour-led Local Government Association (LGA) has agreed changes to ‘strengthen governance’ t...

REORGANISATION

Three Essex unitaries 'strikes right balance'

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2025

Three unitary councils ‘strikes the right balance’ for Essex, the leader of the county council, K...

REORGANISATION

Navigating local government reorganisation

By Paul Clarke | 02 July 2025

Paul Clarke shares his advice on negotiating the challenges of local government reorganisation.

REORGANISATION

Strategic authority 'needs to be bigger than Surrey'

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025

Surrey should be part of a strategic authority on a geography wider than the county, according to...

REORGANISATION

The big picture is clear – we must work through this together

By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 July 2025

Jonathan Carr-West looks at what the fair funding review consultation reveals – or doesn’t – abou...

REORGANISATION

Navigating place-based decarbonisation

By Paul Marinko | 02 July 2025

In a rapidly changing world and a sector consumed with financial pressures and local government r...

REORGANISATION

LGA demands ministerial forum on health

By Martin Ford | 01 July 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has demanded a greater voice for councils in reforming the...

PLACE-MAKING

Place is dead, long live Place!

By Stephen Moir | 30 June 2025

It’s time to embrace the opportunity of reform to really put place to the forefront of all that w...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

The power of the dream

By Jon Rouse | 27 June 2025

Jon Rouse says that rather than being a bureaucratic exercise, reorganisation is about complete r...

REORGANISATION

Now for the fair funding fireworks

By Michael Burton | 25 June 2025

The Government has finally grasped the nettle of fair funding by producing a controversial draft ...

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