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FINANCE
Let's plant new bulbs to bloom stronger
By Tracy Bingham | 28 March 2025
Funding reform and reorganisation have a role, but a real-terms sector funding injection is also ...
REORGANISATION
Nothing is impossible when it comes to creating new councils
By Heather Jameson | 27 March 2025
Heather Jameson writes: 'After a rapid, bumpy start to reorganisation, where councils have scrape...
REORGANISATION
Ministers set to reject social care trust plans
By EXCLUSIVE by Heather Jameson and Paul Marinko | 27 March 2025
Ministers are likely to reject plans for children’s or adult social care trusts that come as part...
REORGANISATION
Pick the right path
By Pam Parkes | 27 March 2025
Pam Parkes advises on how to avoid the local government reorganisation performance penalty and sa...
PODCASTS
Our World is Local: Martin Reeves
26 March 2025
In this episode of Our World is Local, we are joined by Dr Martin Reeves, chief executive of Oxfo...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation refashioned
By Ryan Swift | 26 March 2025
Ryan Swift says if existing unitaries are to be reshaped in the longer-term, population size alon...
REORGANISATION
Government averts defeat over elections delay
By Martin Ford | 25 March 2025
The Government has narrowly avoided defeat in a House of Lords vote on the postponement of electi...
FINANCE
Somerset could be in need of exceptional financial support
By Emily Twinch | 25 March 2025
Somerset Council has been found to have 45 ‘key risks’ that mean it may need exceptional financia...
REORGANISATION
Lay of the land
By MJ reporters | 24 March 2025
The MJ team breaks down the current state of play after the passing of the deadline for areas to ...
DEVOLUTION
Future Forum: Think-tank boss questions mayoral authorities without big cities
By Paul Marinko | 20 March 2025
The chief executive of think-tank Centre for Cities has criticised the idea of mayoral strategic ...
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- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
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