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POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed U-turn over committee system abolition
By Neil Merrick | 25 November 2025
Local authorities that already use the committee system will be allowed to retain it under strict...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed vows to stop those trying to pull country apart
By Dan Peters | 25 November 2025
Communities secretary Steve Reed has vowed to stop ‘people at the extremes of politics who are tr...
REORGANISATION
Three rival reorganisation bids emerge in Nottinghamshire
By Martin Ford | 24 November 2025
Three options will be put before ministers for local government reorganisation in Nottinghamshire.
ELECTIONS
Council calls for elections delay
By Izzy Lepone | 20 November 2025
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has asked the Government to postpone next year’s local gove...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Starmer urged to abandon Staffordshire reorganisation
By William Eichler | 13 November 2025
All 62 members of Staffordshire CC have united to call on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to abandon ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Cuts expected after LGA overhaul
By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025
Organisation agrees to new future operating model as chief executive promises ‘step change in how...
POLITICS
Labour refuses to use devo Bill to protect councillors' addresses
By Paul Marinko | 13 November 2025
The Government has rejected a plea to use the devolution Bill to remove the requirement for counc...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Isle of Wight Council 'dysfunctional', report finds
By William Eichler | 12 November 2025
Isle of Wight Council faces serious governance failings and risks Government intervention unless ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government proposes tougher sanctions in standards reform
By Dan Peters | 11 November 2025
Councillors and mayors who repeatedly break the rules or commit serious misconduct will face toug...
REORGANISATION
Leicester proposes merger with districts
By William Eichler | 05 November 2025
Leicester City Council has published a new proposal on local government reorganisation, setting o...
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