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FINANCE

Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding

By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026

Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised...

POLITICS

Kent's political possibilities

By Duncan Flynn | 29 April 2026

While the sector awaits a swathe of government decisions on unitarisation, Duncan Flynn predicts ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Experts raise concerns over children's services deadline

By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026

‘Clear and credible concerns’ have been raised by experts that some council children’s services w...

REORGANISATION

PPMA 2026: Warning recruiters could become 'kingmakers' in LGR

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2026

Recruitment consultants risk becoming ‘kingmakers’ if they hire all the chiefs for new unitaries ...

REORGANISATION

Unitarisation: What comes next?

By Steve Leach | 24 April 2026

Steve Leach and Colin Copus ask if there will be ‘a further influx of smaller unitary authorities...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Closing the confidence gap

By Emmet Regan | 23 April 2026

Emmet Regan looks at why government has lost the confidence to ‘do big things’ and says rebuildin...

REORGANISATION

What happens now with devo?

By Sarah-Joy Lewis | 23 April 2026

Sarah-Joy Lewis takes stock of the Local Government Reorganisation process.

TRANSFORMATION

Local government: riding the wave of change

By Jonathan Carr-West | 22 April 2026

Jonathan Carr-West looks at the challenges of leading councils through turbulent times.

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Sussex chiefs warn Whitehall over reorganisation risks

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2026

Sussex chief executives have warned Whitehall reorganisation delays create ‘real risks around tim...

REORGANISATION

Does the public care about local government reorganisation?

By Michael Burton | 20 April 2026

So far, the public has been pretty disengaged from consultation over the future shape of LGR, but...

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