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ASYLUM
Providing new homes for asylum seekers while tackling the wider housing emergency
By Tim Naor Hilton | 15 December 2025
If done correctly, a new system for housing people seeking asylum would bring fundamental benefits including new homes and investment in services and jobs, local oversight and the end of hotels, wr...
LEGAL
Councils are included in the class action against the Motorola-owned Airwave Network
By Clare Spottiswoode CBE | 15 December 2025
Local authorities are in line to receive a portion of any damages awarded for alleged unfair pri...
APSE
APSE's annual polling generates good and bad news for councils
By Mo Baines | 11 December 2025
Highlights from APSE’s major annual Survation poll has found a divergence of views amongst the pu...
COUNCIL TAX
Tackling the debt tightrope
By Emily Whitford | 11 December 2025
Council tax arrears have continued to rise, says Emily Whitford. She argues that it’s time for a ...
ADCS
Where every person can belong
By Rachael Wardell | 10 December 2025
Rachael Wardell says ending the two-child benefit cap is a welcome step. Mental health must now b...
PENSIONS
Beware the pension cliff edge
By Ian Miller | 10 December 2025
A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consultation suggests that two groups of ...
GOVERNANCE
A sad day for democracy
By Colin Copus | 10 December 2025
The Government’s commitment to bringing in a mandatory code of conduct alongside new powers to su...
FAIR FUNDING
The IMD update is so much more than an obscure technical change
By Alison Griffin | 09 December 2025
Alison Griffin says it was 'brilliant to see national government take on board the request to inc...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
It's time to break the pattern of reliance on pilot schemes
By Annabel Smith | 09 December 2025
Annabel Smith urges the Government to move beyond the cycle of pilot schemes and adopt a more mis...
REORGANISATION
The needs of people rather than maps are what most deserve our attention
By Pam Parkes | 09 December 2025
Pam Parkes fears structures are being locked into reorganisation without factoring in workforce c...
PLANNING
What does the Epping 'asylum hotel' High Court case mean for councils and planning departments?
By Ben Standing | 08 December 2025
After a council’s attempt to block asylum seekers from staying at a hotel was thwarted by the cou...
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