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POLICY AND POLITICS
Pressure grows on ministers to publish reorganisation legal advice
By Dan Peters | 15 September 2026
Pressure was this week growing on ministers to publish the legal advice behind their decision to ...
REORGANISATION
Dealing with LGR limbo
By Neil Merrick | 15 September 2026
Councils face renewed uncertainty over staffing, finances, contracts and long-term planning as mi...
REORGANISATION
Stay focused on delivery
By Adam Hill | 15 September 2026
Adam Hill says that regardless of the final outcome of reorganisation, communities will judge cou...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Temporary accommodation inquiry launched by NAO
By Dan Peters | 11 September 2026
The National Audit Office (NAO) has launched an inquiry into the resilience of temporary accommod...
FUTURE FORUM
Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
By Ann McGauran | 10 September 2026
Two councils in England are using agentic AI to deliver back office citizen contact, with Derby C...
FINANCE
Future Forum Midlands: Government's financial plans 'implausible'
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2026
The Government’s financial plans have been described as ‘implausible’ by top economist Paul Johns...
REORGANISATION
Local government reorganisation is a crisis of trust
By Cllr Kevin Bentley | 10 September 2026
Cllr Kevin Bentley says the Government’s approach to reorganisation has damaged finances, trust a...
LEADERSHIP
Future Forum Midlands: Council chiefs should only make an external case for cash
By Ann McGauran | 09 September 2026
Local authority chiefs need to make the case for more resources externally rather than within the...
FINANCE
Balancing budgets, civic pride and local government reorganisation
By By Kathy O’Leary | 09 September 2026
A final council budget must balance financial reality with civic ambition, says Kathy O'Leary.
FINANCE
Fixing the financial foundations
By Emma Foy | 09 September 2026
Modernising the technology underpinning councils’ finances makes it easier for local authority ma...
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