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REORGANISATION
Staffordshire reorganisation gathers pace
By Martin Ford | 09 July 2025
Proposals for two unitaries covering the north and south of Staffordshire have gained further sup...
REORGANISATION
Public survey backs two unitaries for Worcestershire
By Ann McGauran | 08 July 2025
Nearly half of survey respondents have backed the creation of two unitaries for Worcestershire ra...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Changes agreed to strengthen LGA governance
By Dan Peters | 07 July 2025
The Labour-led Local Government Association (LGA) has agreed changes to ‘strengthen governance’ t...
REORGANISATION
Three Essex unitaries 'strikes right balance'
By Dan Peters | 07 July 2025
Three unitary councils ‘strikes the right balance’ for Essex, the leader of the county council, K...
REORGANISATION
Navigating local government reorganisation
By Paul Clarke | 03 July 2025
Paul Clarke shares his advice on negotiating the challenges of local government reorganisation.
DEVOLUTION
Strategic authority 'needs to be bigger than Surrey'
By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025
Surrey should be part of a strategic authority on a geography wider than the county, according to...
FINANCE
The big picture is clear – we must work through this together
By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 July 2025
Jonathan Carr-West looks at what the fair funding review consultation reveals – or doesn’t – abou...
CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Navigating place-based decarbonisation
By Paul Marinko | 02 July 2025
In a rapidly changing world and a sector consumed with financial pressures and local government r...
LGA CONFERENCE
LGA demands ministerial forum on health
By Martin Ford | 01 July 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) has demanded a greater voice for councils in reforming the...
PLACE-MAKING
Place is dead, long live Place!
By Stephen Moir | 30 June 2025
It’s time to embrace the opportunity of reform to really put place to the forefront of all that w...
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