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COMMUNITIES
Community duty mooted
By EXCLUSIVE by Joe Lepper | 01 May 2025
The Government is looking to hand all councils an extra duty to involve community groups in their...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The importance of connecting with communities
By Heather Jameson | 01 May 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'As we shift to local government reorganisation, fears of distant democracy...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA updates business plan amid reorganisation shake-up
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) is working on a new business plan as mayors increasingly r...
LONDON COUNCILS
London Councils in powers push
By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025
The capital’s boroughs have made a bid for a bigger role in decisions over devolved powers and fu...
POLITICS
Burnham: Overhaul British state to boost economic growth
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2025
Greater Manchester’s mayor has called for ‘wholesale change in the architecture and culture of th...
POLITICS
Councils urged to boost China links
By Joe Lepper | 27 March 2025
Councils should reassess their China-related activities to ensure they can access opportunities t...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A powerful Virtual demonstration of accessible democracy
By Maxine O’Mahony | 14 March 2025
Breckland's Virtual Town Hall brought democratic accountability directly into residents’ homes, e...
REORGANISATION
There's no clear mandate for mega-councils
By By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 07 March 2025
Taxpayers' interests would be better served by not rushing reorganisation, says Sam Chapman-Allen.
DEVOLUTION
Cornwall rejection fails to stop strategic authority plan
By Joe Lepper | 04 March 2025
Plymouth is expected to join Devon and Torbay's combined authority but the trio has been rebuffed...
REORGANISATION
City and county clash over reorganisation plans
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
Staffordshire CC has teed up a clash with Stoke-on-Trent City Council by proposing a county unita...
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