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PLANNING
District plea over planning powers
By Neil Merrick | 13 August 2025
District councils have appealed to ministers not to leave them out of planning decisions once fre...
POLITICS
Farage says Reform 'facing obstructionism'
By Dan Peters | 21 July 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused some council officials of obstructing the work of his c...
ELECTIONS
Government proposes Automatic Voter Registration move
By Dan Peters | 17 July 2025
Government plans to move to Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) will ‘make life simpler for everyo...
REORGANISATION
Lewes leader vows to fight Brighton takeover plan
By Dan Peters | 11 July 2025
Lewes DC’s leader has vowed to fight a Brighton & Hove City Council proposal to take over parts o...
DEVOLUTION
Devo Bill to reintroduce supplementary vote in blow to Reform
By Dan Peters | 10 July 2025
The supplementary vote system will be reintroduced to elect mayors in a move that is expected to ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA: Eliminating conflict between councils and combined authorities unrealistic
By Joe Lepper | 07 July 2025
Eliminating conflict between councils and mayoral combined authorities (MCA) is unrealistic, the ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA sideline fears as mayoral base grows
By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025
Senior Local Government Association (LGA) figures have urged the organisation to do more to court...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Citizen engagement: a new paradigm for local government
By Jason Lowther | 01 July 2025
Citizen engagement is sometimes treated as something at the margins of decision-making, but a new...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Chief executive defies leader's flag order
By Dan Peters | 01 July 2025
Warwickshire CC's chief executive refused a request from the 18-year-old Reform UK leader of her ...
DEVOLUTION
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-minister gets role on strategic authority improvement board
By Emily Twinch | 30 June 2025
Former Tory minister Dame Amanda Milling is expected to be appointed to a board tasked with helpi...
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