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POLICY AND POLITICS
Reform council facing challenge of beginning from 'standing start'
By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2026
Durham CC’s adaptation to future challenges could be delayed due to the Reform UK leadership beginning from a ‘standing start’, a corporate peer challenge has concluded.
UNIONS
Union strike to hit Leeds
By Dan Peters | 08 January 2026
Union Unite members who work with people with additional needs are walking out over claims counci...
SAFETY
Birmingham faces MP criticism surrounding football fan ban
By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2026
MPs have accused Birmingham City Council of providing a ‘biased picture’ surrounding the decision...
HOUSING
First council secures top grade from social housing regulator
By Martin Ford | 30 October 2024
Barnsley MBC has become the first and only council to be awarded the top grade by the Regulator o...
HIGHWAYS
Half of cyclists say road conditions are dangerous
By Ellie Ames | 10 June 2024
A major local government insurer has warned that months of rain may have caused ‘some of the wors...
FINANCE
Council to be prosecuted over busway deaths
By Chris Ames | 10 May 2024
Cambridgeshire CC has been served a court summons over three deaths in separate incidents on its ...
HOUSING
Council appeared to be in 'crisis management mode'
By Ellie Ames | 20 February 2024
‘Multiple and repeated’ failures by Hammersmith & Fulham LBC left residents feeling ‘anything but...
LEGISLATION
What can councils expect from stronger social housing regulation?
By Angela Holden | 14 December 2023
As councils get ready for the biggest shake-up in social housing regulation in 10 years, regulato...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Putting RAAC front of mind
By Mark Robinson | 20 November 2023
With a shake up in the Cabinet, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) cannot slip down th...
SAFETY
It is time for local government to call out unworkable pseudo-market systems
By Mo Baines | 13 September 2023
Writing on the RAAC debacle, Mo Baines says not so long ago the public estate was managed by loca...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
What's lurking in the shadows?
By Clare Thomas | 14 June 2022
Clare Thomas considers if better lighting is the key to making women feel safe on our streets aga...
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