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RESILIENCE
EXCLUSIVE: Resilience warning over shelter and evacuation plans
By Dan Peters | 10 July 2025
Emergency shelter and evacuation plans may be insufficient in a worst-case scenario crisis, Local...
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 ...
FINANCE
Council pressures have 'increased significantly', says OBR
By Dan Peters | 09 July 2025
Councils face ‘growing risks to their financial sustainability’, the UK’s official forecaster has...
LGA CONFERENCE
Asylum minister admits information sharing 'no longer fit for purpose'
By Martin Ford | 07 July 2025
A Home Office minister has pledged to be more open with councils after agreeing the department’s ...
HOUSING
Pennycook confirms fresh Right to Buy restrictions
By Emily Twinch | 04 July 2025
Tenants of newly built social homes will not be able to buy their homes through Right to Buy (RtB...
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...
POLICY
Experts call for slice of AI cash
By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025
Councils should get a share of the £2bn announced for artificial intelligence (AI) in the Spendin...
REGULATION
EXCLUSIVE: Government turns to councils for extra building inspector capacity
By Emily Twinch | 30 June 2025
The Government has turned to councils for extra building inspector capacity as high-rise housing ...
SEND
EHCPs jump up 11% in a year
By Emily Twinch | 27 June 2025
The number of children on Education, Health and Care Plans has increased by 11% in a year, offici...
POLITICS
Government confirms benefit climbdown
By Dan Peters | 27 June 2025
The Government has confirmed it will make major concessions to Labour rebel MPs over its planned ...
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- Shadow minister warns devolution Bill will 'die' without talks
- Ahead of LGR decisions, tribalism hasn't had the chance to take hold in Norfolk
- Call for developers to be hit with stick
- DCN rebrands to Local Councils Network amid reorganisation
- A rocket booster has been fired under the tax devo debate
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- Shadow minister warns devolution Bill will 'die' without talks
- Ahead of LGR decisions, tribalism hasn't had the chance to take hold in Norfolk
- Call for developers to be hit with stick
- DCN rebrands to Local Councils Network amid reorganisation
- A rocket booster has been fired under the tax devo debate
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