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HR

Fresh equal pay warning

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026

Councils could face a fresh wave of equal pay litigation under Whitehall reforms as HR cuts make ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: DWP establishes devolution directorate

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026

The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) policy group has established a devolution directorate.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Four councils reject planning rule change

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026

Four English councils have rejected government reforms transferring planning decisions from elect...

REORGANISATION

April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2026

Ministers have insisted Whitehall is ‘committed to seeing local government reorganisation through...

SAFETY

Post-Grenfell progress still under scrutiny

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2026

The Building Safety Bill strengthens council enforcement powers on unsafe cladding, but funding a...

WHITEHALL

Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit

By Dan Peters | 27 October 2026

Dudley MBC councillors will be asked to sign a pledge next week committing them to ‘demonstrate r...

SOLACE

EXCLUSIVE: Outgoing Solace president issues rewiring the state warning

By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026

Solace chief urges local government to ‘seize the moment’ amid concerns of divisions derailing th...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Burnham: Scotland 'one of most centralised nations in Europe'

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wanted to design a fresh model of ‘regional, economic emp...

FINANCE

Call for long-term EFS plan

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026

The Government must turn exceptional financial support (EFS) into a ‘managed recovery regime rath...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Labour-led Brent and Barking and Dagenham miss out on first round of London homes cash

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026

Labour-led Brent and Barking & Dagenham LBCs are understood to have failed to get anything from t...

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  1. April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
  2. EXCLUSIVE: DWP establishes devolution directorate
  3. Four councils reject planning rule change
  4. Exclusive: Government 'risks repeating Covid mistakes' in war preparedness
  5. LGR cannot stagger on as a zombie policy
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