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FINANCE
Coventry axes annual festival to save cash
By Dan Peters | 06 February 2026
Coventry City Council has taken the ‘difficult decision’ not to run its three-day annual music an...
PEOPLE
County chief to stand down
By Martin Ford | 06 February 2026
Suffolk CC has announced that chief executive Nicola Beach is to stand down.
FINANCE
City council requests £15m exceptional financial support
By Dan Peters | 06 February 2026
Brighton & Hove City Council has requested £15m of exceptional financial support (EFS) from the M...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Cross-party talks after Bedford budget rejected
By Dan Peters | 05 February 2026
The leader of Bedford BC’s Conservative minority administration has pledged to ‘keep working with...
LGA seeks national bargaining revival for coroners' pay
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) is hoping to bring coroners back to the pay negotiating ta...
IMPOWER INDEX
Exclusive: London borough is top for productivity
By Ann McGauran | 05 February 2026
Kensington and Chelsea LBC is the most productive council in England, the latest IMPOWER Index To...
Implementation of visitor levies stalls
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2026
Implementation of visitor levies in Scotland has stalled as the Scottish Government returns to th...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA to review restructure as chief takes leave of absence
By By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) is to commission an ‘independent external review’ of its r...
PEOPLE
Greater Lincolnshire names chief executive
By Martin Ford | 04 February 2026
Lee Sirdifield has formally been appointed chief executive of Greater Lincolnshire Combined Count...
PENSIONS
Councillors urge minimum pension age hike amid cost fears
By Martin Ford | 04 February 2026
Councillors are pushing for the minimum pension age to be increased by two years for more officer...
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