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Council calls for elections delay
ELECTIONS

Council calls for elections delay

By Izzy Lepone | 20 November 2025

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has asked the Government to postpone next year’s local government elections amid reorganisation in Lancashire.

FAIR FUNDING

Districts take hit in fair funding review

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2025

District councils have been told their finances will take a hit as the fair funding review is pub...

REGENERATION

Greater Manchester unveils groundbreaking financing scheme

By Paul Marinko | 20 November 2025

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) will today (Thursday) launch a new £1bn public finan...

LIBRARIES

Counting the measurable impact of libraries

By James Pearson | 20 November 2025

James Pearson explains how the South East regional network of Libraries Connected used Treasury-a...

AUTUMN BUDGET

Boulevard of broken Budget dreams

By Jonathan Werran | 20 November 2025

Has the chancellor reached the end of the road? Jonathan Werran argues that financial redistribut...

FINANCE

Plymouth hunts for new 151 officer

By Paul Marinko | 19 November 2025

Plymouth City Council is looking for its third chief finance officer in three years following new...

COUNCIL TAX

A Budget eye on council tax

By Paul Marinko | 19 November 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering council tax reform in her upcoming Budget – a move that c...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Charity warning over fair funding proposals

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2025

Proposals around council tax in the fair funding review will ‘further penalise’ already-strugglin...

FINANCE

Shropshire budget gap hits £47m

By Martin Ford | 18 November 2025

Shropshire Council’s budget overspend has grown by a third since it declared a ‘financial emergen...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Fixing the easiest win in care spending

By Tracie Langley | 18 November 2025

A pioneering care staffing platform could save councils millions, topple agency dependence and pu...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Urging for a fairer urban future

By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2025

Parliamentary chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Sally Jameson...

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