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REORGANISATION
Think-tank proposes axing hundreds of councils
By Martin Ford | 11 September 2020
England’s 349 councils should be replaced with 69 unitary authorities, a think-tank has argued.
FINANCE
Is there the political will to push through reorganisation?
By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2020
Simon Clarke's unexpected resignation as local government minister begs the question of what happ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
A Programme of change for Scotland
By Heather Jameson | 08 September 2020
Scotland’s new Programme for Government offered Indyref 2 as the showstopper, but for local gover...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The restructure we require is not to be found in our town halls
By Sarah Longlands | 08 September 2020
The devolution White Paper will reveal Boris Johnson's 'northern growth body'. But this will have...
HEALTH
Councils plead for further devolution
By Martin Ford | 08 September 2020
Local authorities require more devolved powers to drive improvements in health and social care, M...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
LEPs need capacity boost to improve delivery, research finds
By Dan Peters | 07 September 2020
Local enterprise partnerships (LEP) would be better at delivering large-scale capital projects if...
WHITEHALL
MHCLG denies blanket plan to scrap districts
By Heather Jameson | 07 September 2020
The Government has denied it is pursuing the blanket abolition of district councils as part of th...
DEVOLUTION
Scottish councils release blueprint for change
By Martin Ford | 07 September 2020
A local government blueprint laying out the changes required to unlock councils’ full potential h...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
DCN: Bigger local government is 'not better or cheaper'
By Ann McGauran | 01 September 2020
Proposals for county unitary councils would be 122 times larger than the average council in Germa...
FINANCE
The complexity conundrum
By John O’Brien | 30 August 2020
John O'Brien says there must be some clear line of sight from the Government on the role of the s...
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