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FINANCE
Council starts legal action over fair funding
By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025
Richmond upon Thames LBC has started the process for legal action against the Government’s propos...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation: MHCLG must come off the fence on staffing guidance
By Ian Miller | 13 November 2025
Ian Miller says the creation of unitaries means the Government must stop prevaricating, and updat...
REORGANISATION
Navigating procurement complexity during reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 11 November 2025
Crucial to making a success of local government reorganisation is the management of myriad contra...
FINANCE
Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
By Joe Lepper | 10 November 2025
Worcestershire CC has been handed a statutory financial warning by auditors concerned its spendin...
LEGAL
Professional body for monitoring officers to be launched this month
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 06 November 2025
Launch of professional body for monitoring officers will add to those already established for chi...
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,...
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...
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