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UNIONS

GMB branch secretaries to go on strike against own union

By Joe Lepper | 27 May 2026

GMB branch secretaries are to stage two days of strike action against their trade union over thei...

PLANNING

Councils demand full cost recovery for planning fees

By Martin Ford | 27 May 2026

Proposals to increase planning application fees do not go far enough, the Government has been war...

FINANCE

LGPS employers benefit from contribution rate drop

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2026

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) employers are benefiting from an easing in their contribut...

REORGANISATION

Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership

By Ann McGauran | 27 May 2026

Local government reorganisation (LGR) heaps further pressure on the supply of ‘a scarce group of ...

FINANCE

Exclusive: Rural and urban council funding 'more or less' the same

By Ann McGauran | 26 May 2026

Funding levels will be broadly the same for urban and rural councils under the Government’s fair ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Regional Care Co-operatives to be expanded

By Martin Ford | 26 May 2026

Regional Care Co-operatives are to be bolstered as part of an ‘implementation plan’ for children’...

ASYLUM

Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements

By Paul Marinko | 26 May 2026

Breckland DC’s leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow i...

MHCLG

MHCLG praises council capability on housing

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026

A senior Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) official has praised the i...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Social workers in safeguarding warning

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026

Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Minister says chief candidates must have 'critical skillset'

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026

Ministers have urged Surrey’s shadow unitary authorities to prioritise the permanent recruitment ...