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WHITEHALL
Government rejects food waste transparency call
By Neil Merrick | 03 February 2026
The Government has rebuffed calls for transparency around funding for food waste collections, ins...
FINANCE
Trashing the new burdens local government funding doctrine
By Ian Miller | 03 February 2026
There seems no proof yet that a penny has been added to the local government settlement to meet t...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reform council calls for urgent asylum action
By William Eichler | 03 February 2026
Reform UK-led Kent CC has urged the Government to tackle soaring costs tied to caring for unaccom...
ELECTIONS
Political convenience is no justification for unconstitutional local election tinkering
By Colin Copus | 02 February 2026
The Government’s decision to ‘postpone or cancel’ local elections is ‘a travesty of constitutiona...
MENTAL HEALTH
Government fails on mental health funding pledge
By Exclusive by Dan Peters | 21 January 2026
The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental heal...
DEVOLUTION
The march of the metro mayors
By Vijay K Luthra | 21 January 2026
Patrick Diamond and Vijay K Luthra look at what England’s metro mayors can really change. And wha...
FINANCE
Trafford bid for £20m EFS
By Joe Lepper | 16 January 2026
Trafford Council is to ask Whitehall for more than £20m in exceptional financial support (EFS) af...
HOUSING
Reed hails housing starts increase
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2026
The number of new build starts in the year ending September 2025 has increased by 18% compared to...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Hundreds of children failed by 'dysfunctional' care system
By William Eichler | 16 January 2026
Hundreds of vulnerable children in England are being placed for months in illegal, unregistered h...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Cotton piles pressure on West Midlands Police chief to stand down
By Dan Peters | 15 January 2026
Birmingham City Council’s Labour leader John Cotton has called for the chief constable of West Mi...
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