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DEVOLUTION
Future Forum Midlands: Combined authority seeks 'full autonomy'
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
Taking the helm of the first combined county authority in England was like ‘flying the plane whil...
AI
Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to prepare for AI 'wave'
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
Councils should be doing more to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their ...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Future Forum Midlands: Test, learn and grow to enter new phase
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
The Government is preparing to share learning from the test, learn and grow programme, The MJ’s F...
FUTURE FORUM
Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR
By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2025
Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transforma...
ASYLUM
Councils prepare for battle over asylum accommodation at military sites
By Joe Lepper | 10 September 2025
Councils at the centre of Government plans to increase the use of former military barracks to hou...
POLITICS
Uncertain future after Westminster reshuffle
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
A sudden outbreak of political turmoil at Westminster has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging ove...
HEALTH
Council threatens legal action over ICB recovery programme
By Lee Peart | 10 September 2025
St Helens Borough Council is considering legal action against NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB ove...
REORGANISATION
Essex claims three unitary reorganisation would best tackle debt crisis
By Paul Marinko | 09 September 2025
Essex CC’s leadership has claimed its favoured three unitary model of reorganisation would best m...
Lack of Government assurance over governance change funding
By Dan Peters | 09 September 2025
The Government has refused to reassure councils forced to scrap their committee systems it will p...
REORGANISATION
Councils seek legal advice amid reorganisation confusion
By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2025
Councils facing boundary changes as part of local government reorganisation are seeking legal adv...
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