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DATA
English council data breaches up 53%
By William Eichler | 21 April 2026
Data breach incidents recorded by English local councils have risen by 53% over the past five yea...
FINANCE
Woking-owned ThamesWey debt exceeds £600m
By Martin Ford | 20 April 2026
Woking BC’s wholly owned company racked up debts of more than £600m, according to its latest acco...
SCOTLAND
Scottish councils eye new powers with charter adoption
By Martin Ford | 20 April 2026
A strategy to use newly-introduced legislation to gain greater powers for councils is being drawn...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Shropshire in food waste warning
By Joe Lepper | 17 April 2026
Shropshire Council has warned it may not be able to collect food waste weekly until 2039.
PEOPLE
LGA interim chief revealed
By Heather Jameson | 17 April 2026
Former Camden LBC chief Jenny Rowlands is to take on the role of interim chief of the Local Gover...
DEVOLUTION
Call to devolve employment support
By Martin Ford | 17 April 2026
Mayors should be enlisted to provide support for people out of work due to ill health, a new repo...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale revealed
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Morale among Local Government Association (LGA) employees fell dramatically during the year leadi...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Essex steps back from reorganisation legal challenge
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2026
Essex CC has stepped back from a legal challenge to the Government’s reorganisation plans but cal...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA to privately lobby ministers over neighbourhoods' drive
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Local government is to privately lobby ministers over their neighbourhoods’ drive, including Whit...
PEOPLE
Director to stand down after 30 years' service
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
John Smith has announced he is to retire as director of infrastructure services at Shetland Islan...
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