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POLICY AND POLITICS
Government intervenes amid local plan concerns
By Joe Lepper | 12 June 2026
The Government has intervened in Torbay Council’s emerging local plan amid concerns it falls short of meeting its housing need by more than 10,000 homes.
LEADERSHIP
Broadening the talent pool
By Roger Russell | 10 June 2026
Roger Russell says it is time to start seriously think about improving the process of bringing pr...
LEADERSHIP
Leading the march to LGR
By Dawn Adey | 10 June 2026
Leading a councils set to disappear through reorganisation is an unusual experience, Dawn Adey ex...
REORGANISATION
Supporting council leadership
By Max Wide | 10 June 2026
A Leadership Centre programme is aimed at helping middle managers forming unitaries to build rela...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Cheshire East's Polkinghorne decides to step down
By Dan Peters | 09 June 2026
The chief executive of Cheshire East Council, Rob Polkinghorne, has ‘decided to step down from my...
LEADERSHIP
Solace steps up lobbying over district exclusion from leadership event
By Dan Peters | 08 June 2026
The organisation representing senior officers has stepped up its lobbying after a Cabinet Office ...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Matthews named as CCN chair elect
By Dan Peters | 08 June 2026
The County Councils Network (CCN) has announced Lincolnshire CC leader Cllr Sean Matthews as its ...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Community resilience, civil defence and the leadership challenge for councils
By Stephen Moir | 05 June 2026
Civil resilience cannot be left solely to emergency planners, says Stephen Moir. Local government...
FINANCE
Unai Emery's brilliance provides a great blueprint for local government finance leaders
By Rob Powell | 05 June 2026
Rob Powell says local government finance leaders have much to learn from Aston Villa's manager Un...
EQUAL PAY
Two-thirds of councils facing a live equal pay risk
By Simon Christian | 03 June 2026
The real decision facing leaders now is whether to address equal pay early and deliberately, or m...
LG CHALLENGE
LG Challenge: Streamlining support for care leavers in Warwickshire
By Michael Barrett | 03 June 2026
Warwickshire CC was the setting for the fourth stage of the LG Challenge, with a focus on the con...
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