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CYBER SECURITY
Councils' vulnerability to cyber attacks highlighted
By Martin Ford | 29 July 2026
English councils are more vulnerable to cyber attacks than a year ago, according to annual analys...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Women bear full force of rise in abuse by councillors
By Neil Merrick | 29 July 2026
A growing number of council chiefs are reporting abuse and inappropriate behaviour by councillors...
PEOPLE
Interim chief at Greater Manchester as Simpson departure confirmed
By Martin Ford | 28 July 2026
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has revealed its interim chief executive following t...
SKILLS
Local government handed role developing skills pipelines
By Martin Ford | 28 July 2026
Councils and mayors will be given a role in developing skills pipelines for local industries unde...
PEOPLE
Surrey unitary set to announce chief executive
By Martin Ford | 27 July 2026
Adam Chalmers is set to be confirmed as chief executive of East Surrey Council.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Burnham to boost mayors' spending power
By Martin Ford | 27 July 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burham is preparing to announce a significant boost to mayors’ spending power...
NHS
NHS faces collapse without social care reform, says Burnham
By Lee Peart | 27 July 2026
The NHS will collapse without social care system reform, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said.
FINANCE
Social care is main driver of councils' emergency funding requests
By Ann McGauran | 27 July 2026
Social care is ‘taking centre stage’ as the main factor driving councils’ requests for exceptiona...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Whitehall devolution resistance 'over for good'
By Dan Peters | 24 July 2026
Whitehall resistance to devolution is ‘over for good’, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has insisted a...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA scraps two-grade pay cuts as restructure redundancies to fall
By Dan Peters | 23 July 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) has dropped plans to demote staff by two pay grades and sc...
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