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SOCIAL CARE

Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey

By Ann McGauran | 11 March 2026

A national care service (NCS) ‘will be an illusion built on local strain’ if councils are not mad...

ASYLUM

Council backlash over asylum reforms

By Martin Ford | 11 March 2026

The Government was this week accused of shifting the burden of supporting asylum seekers to counc...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2026

The Labour-led Local Government Association (LGA) has tightened public access to a key meeting, T...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Action plan to strengthen cohesion

By William Eichler | 10 March 2026

The Government yesterday published an action plan aimed at strengthening community cohesion acros...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Commissioner threatens legal action after censure

By Neil Merrick | 10 March 2026

A police and crime commissioner (PCC) who attended a protest against asylum seekers moving onto h...

ELECTIONS

Councils urged to tackle family voting

By Martin Ford | 10 March 2026

Councils have been challenged to focus on tackling family voting in May’s local elections.

AUDIT

Lords share doubts over Local Audit Office plans

By Martin Ford | 09 March 2026

Concerns have been raised in the House of Lords over the Government’s plans for a Local Audit Off...

ASYLUM

Epping Forest DC challenges High Court on Bell Hotel ruling

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2026

Epping Forest DC has returned to court in an attempt to secure an injunction against the use of t...

HOUSING

Councils fail to collect quarter of rogue landlord fines

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2026

Councils have collected just a quarter of the total fines issued to rogue landlords, data has shown.

SEND

SEND reforms fail to account for transport costs, say MPs

By Lee Peart | 06 March 2026

Government special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms fail to take account of burg...

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