Housing

By Jonathan Werran | 19 March 2025

Jonathan Werran says the geographic and economic reality of a more prosperous and easily investab...

PLANNING

Learning the lessons of past reform

By Mike Palin | 19 March 2025

As the Government vows to slash quangos, Mike Palin looks back at previous attempts to cut red ta...

Mutual support to tackle the TA challenge

By James McHugh | 12 March 2025

James McHugh explains how Campbell Tickell and Devonshires have assembled an alliance to help tac...

ASYLUM

Ministers in urgent plea for council help with Afghan refugees

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2025

Whitehall has called on councils to support an Afghan resettlement programme under which regions ...

PLANNING

Planning legislation to be introduced to Parliament

By Joe Lepper | 10 March 2025

Government legislation aimed at speeding up council planning decisions to boost housebuilding wil...

REORGANISATION

When it comes to new unitaries, is big really better?

By Peter Holt | 10 March 2025

Official data gathered by Uttlesford DC for the District Councils’ Network undermines the Governm...

FINANCE

Funding: That is the question

By Rob Whiteman | 05 March 2025

Making the sector more financially resilient is a more crucial issue than reorganisation, says Ro...

POLICY

Pennycook confirms local plans 'overhaul'

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025

The Government has confirmed an ‘overhaul’ of local plans.

FINANCE

Risk of Lambeth being 'overwhelmed' by finances

By Martin Ford | 27 February 2025

Lambeth LBC faces a ‘clear and immediate risk’ of its finances being ‘overwhelmed’, according to ...

REGENERATION

At the heart of the Ox-Cams arc

By Cllr Peter Marland | 24 February 2025

Milton Keynes is more than just a commuter town for the Ox-Cams arc, says Cllr Pete Marland, it i...

Monitoring Officer

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