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'A denial of democracy'
POLICY AND POLITICS

'A denial of democracy'

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026

Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief executive of Liverpool City Council has claimed.

TRANSFORMATION

ICB mergers delayed due to reorganisation review

By Lee Peart | 08 October 2026

The deadline for decisions on future Integrated Care Board (ICB) footprints has been extended due...

TECHNOLOGY

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall 'exploring' using AI to help intervention decisions

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026

Whitehall is ‘exploring’ the use of AI to help assess councils against the key risk indicators fo...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Work on Whitehall tensions tool slows under Burnham

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026

Work on a Whitehall tool to track community tensions has slowed since the change of Prime Ministe...

HOUSING

EXCLUSIVE: Council development firm could be wound down by 2030

By Neil Merrick | 07 October 2026

A loss-making development firm formed a decade ago by Cambridgeshire CC could be wound down by 2030.

DEVOLUTION

Rewiring the state: turning central-local partnership into action

By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2026

Graeme McDonald looks at how Whitehall and local government can turn partnership, trust and ambit...

DEVOLUTION

The devo difference

By Simon Kaye | 06 October 2026

Devolution should look different across England’s regions, writes Simon Kaye.

POLICY AND POLITICS

IFS warning over fiscal devolution

By Joe Lepper | 05 October 2026

The Government’s regional fiscal devolution agenda threatens to be blighted by regional imbalance...

SEND

Over 90% of councils get green light for SEND grants

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2026

More than nine in 10 councils will see their deficits for SEND (special educational needs and dis...

POLICY AND POLITICS

County council considers legal action over reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2026

Lancashire CC could pursue legal action to stop the Government’s plans to overhaul local governme...

POLITICS

Brave Jim squaring up for a fight

By Heather Jameson | 01 October 2026

Local government minister Jim McMahon is setting his sights on renewed reorganisation and reformi...

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