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KING'S SPEECH
The King's Speech must squeeze out more progress on climate
By Christopher Hammond | 11 May 2026
After a bruising local election, the King's Speech needs to bring local leaders and communities closer — not push them away, says Christopher Hammond.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed refuses to rule out fresh planning legislation
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Fresh planning legislation could be tabled to strip back environmental protections in an effort t...
PLANNING
Inspectorate looks to scale back diversity publishing
By Dan Peters | 05 September 2024
The Planning Inspectorate has begun a consultation on a proposal to stop publishing annual staff ...
HOUSING
Councils to have greater powers to compulsorily buy green belt land
By Emily Twinch | 12 August 2024
Local authorities will be handed powers to ensure landowners sell green belt land for housebuildi...
CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Clean, green, secure strategies for a positive future
By Christopher Hammond | 06 August 2024
The Labour Government’s mission-led approach promises national renewal through economic growth, c...
FINANCE
No decision on whether ARGA will cover local audit
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2024
The new Government has yet to make a decision on how it will fix local audit in the longer term, ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Putting councils at strategy's core
By Graeme McDonald | 30 July 2024
Local authorities, combined or not, will inescapably play a significant role in the success or fa...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Delivering the mission
By Emmet Regan | 24 July 2024
Emmet Regan presents a delivery framework of ‘Six Ps’ that takes lessons from the previous Labour...
FINANCE
Local government is at least creeping up the agenda
By By Adele Taylor | 24 July 2024
After the King's Speech the sector still needs to work together with a collective voice that ensu...
GOVERNANCE
We may be entering a new culture of candour
By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2024
The Hillsborough Bill is legislation that should never have been needed, but the change in tone s...
KING'S SPEECH
The Government should see how far the Hillsborough Law can go
By Cllr Elizabeth Campbell | 23 July 2024
The leader of Kensington & Chelsea LBC reflects on what she says was missing from the King’s Spee...
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