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EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m
POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years, research by The MJ has found.

AI

What is the baseline for an AI use policy?

By Iain Simmons | 27 October 2025

Iain Simmons sets out the minimum requirements for an effective AI use policy which can be adapte...

LEGAL

Roney legal case collapses

By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2025

A court case accusing Birmingham City Council chief executive Joanne Roney of an antisemitic slu...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Consensus emerges over statutory climate change duty

By Joe Lepper | 02 October 2025

A ‘clear consensus’ has emerged among councils for the sector to be subject to a statutory climat...

LEGAL

Legal action over councillor media ban

By William Eichler | 01 October 2025

A local newspaper group has launched legal action against a decision by Reform UK-led Nottinghams...

LEGAL

Gwynedd to appeal court block on second homes clampdown

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2025

Gwynedd Council is preparing to launch an appeal after losing a legal challenge to its clampdown ...

REORGANISATION

Portsmouth formally requests reorganisation exemption

By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025

Portsmouth City Council has formally requested to be excluded from the local government reorganis...

FINANCE

Dorset hopes to recover potential contract fraud losses

By Neil Merrick | 23 September 2025

A council that sacked 11 interim officers over the potential mismanagement of a multi-million pou...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Judicial review threat for food waste laggards

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2025

English councils that fail to offer separate food waste collections to all homes from April could...

WORKFORCE

The new fire and rehire regime: what you need to know

By Anna Scott | 12 September 2025

Rebecca McGuirk and Anna Scott look at details of the Employment Rights Bill and say if there are...

FINANCE

IFS: SEND review needs to offer long-term solution

By Joe Lepper | 12 September 2025

The forthcoming Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) review needs to offer a long-te...

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Shape the Future of the East Midlands – Join EMCCA’s Growing Finance Team Apply for this job

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