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Medway talks with ministry over more grant
FINANCE

Medway talks with ministry over more grant

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2026

Senior Medway Council officers are in ‘ongoing discussions’ with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) over further exceptional financial support (EFS), it has emerged.

NEIGHBOURHOOD HEALTH

Neighbourhood health must tackle the inequalities on Whitehall's doorstep

By Mark Heffernan | 28 September 2026

If the Government wants to put power closer to people, it must confront the health inequalities t...

DEVOLUTION

Labour Conference: Devo 'rippling through Whitehall'

By Heather Jameson | 28 September 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s devotion to devolution is ‘rippling through the Whitehall machine’,...

LGR

Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR

By Heather Jameson | 28 September 2026

Local government minister Jim McMahon has vowed to ‘come back stronger’ after pausing plans for r...

REORGANISATION

Is local government reorganisation still in the race?

By Michael Burton | 25 September 2026

The Government has postponed one complex reform, LGR, in favour of another, devolution, which is ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Rowlands hails 'productive' leaders' council

By Dan Peters | 24 September 2026

Ministers have committed to establishing a more consistent programme of dialogue and collaboratio...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Give mayors 5% of income tax, think-tank says

By William Eichler | 23 September 2026

Mayors should be given a 5% share of income tax revenues to shift £3.8bn a year from Whitehall an...

POLICY

A certain view of local government

By Jonathan Werran | 23 September 2026

Jonathan Werran looks at how local government could gain inspiration from General Charles de Gaul...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Burnham 'growth in every postcode' ambition dismissed

By Neil Merrick | 22 September 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been warned against awarding groundbreaking tax powers to every r...

WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Working together in Wales

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2026

As shellshocked English council leaders bemoan the loss of trust in government over the delay to ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Dithering continues despite Burnham's push for devolution

By By Joe Lepper | 17 September 2026

Joe Lepper finds devolution geographies in many places are far from being settled despite Prime M...

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