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REGENERATION

Ensuring people take pride of place

By Andrew Laird | 17 March 2026

To successfully deliver the Pride in Place programme communities need to be prioritised in both governance and delivery, say Professor Donna Hall and Andrew Laird.

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Government announces five pooled budgets pilots

By Ann McGauran | 17 March 2026

The Government has today announced details of pilots to test pooled budgets in five areas, ahead ...

SIGOMA

OBR warns pressures on council finances remain

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 13 March 2026

While the Local Government Finance Settlement represents a welcome step towards fixing local auth...

REORGANISATION

New boundaries, new politics?

By Duncan Flynn | 12 March 2026

As the sector awaits the Government’s decision on the boundaries for unitary authorities in the v...

DATA & DIGITAL

Adding up the damage

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2026

A cyber attack on Gloucester City Council has had lasting repercussions, leading to the need for ...

TRANSFORMATION

How to tackle the challenges of 2026

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

Local government has entered a time of unprecedented change despite continuing to face particular...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Membership manoeuvres

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2026

How are the groups representing councils positioning themselves to secure members as the pace of ...

PROCUREMENT

Special deliveries

By Sarah Longlands | 10 March 2026

Financial models of service delivery have been overlooked for too long, writes Sarah Longlands.

POLITICS

Pushing for localism

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2026

Ahead of the Liberal Democrat’s spring conference, Heather Jameson talks to their local governmen...

NEIGHBOURHOOD HEALTH

Leading neighbourhood health

By Lee Peart | 03 March 2026

Cllr Wendy Taylor, chair of the LGA’s Health and Wellbeing Committee, says local government must ...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Finding 'ordinary' ways to build up local resilience

By Jim Savege | 16 February 2026

By mobilising community groups, councils are building proactive ways of responding to emergencie...

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