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POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025

Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first election for a directly elected mayor taking place in 2027.

AI

EXCLUSIVE: AI to analyse consulation responses on local government reorganisation

By Paul Marinko | 04 November 2025

Ministers have been warned Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot replace ‘robust’ analysis, with Wh...

FINANCE

Putting local government in the Budget driving seat: Leaning on the dream

By Mike Emmerich | 04 November 2025

Asked for his fantasy Budget, Mike Emmerich suggests we should ‘plan for the national big stuff’ ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Birmingham s114 notice comes under fresh scrutiny

By Izzy Lepone | 03 November 2025

Financial experts have called for a public inquiry into Birmingham City Council’s decision to iss...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...

FINANCE

Late change to fair funding review expected

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

Urban councils are expecting a ‘perverse’ late change to proposed funding reform they fear would ...

HOUSING

Government 'confident' in housing plan

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains confident in its plans to get Britain building’ after hou...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reed raises concerns over four-day week

By Izzy Lepone | 29 October 2025

Local government secretary Steve Reed has raised concerns about South Cambridgeshire DC’s four-da...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Cohesion concerns over asylum plan

By William Eichler | 29 October 2025

Plans by the Home Office to house around 900 asylum seekers at two military bases in England and ...

REGULATION

Building Safety Regulator delays prompt rethink

By Neil Merrick | 28 October 2025

Elements of building safety could be removed from the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and returne...

HOUSING

Councils key to New Towns success, say peers

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2025

Councils must have a key role to make a success of the New Towns programme, peers have urged.