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PEOPLE
Enfield appoints executive director
By Martin Ford | 08 August 2025
Brett Leahy has been appointed as executive director of environment and communities at Enfield LB...
REORGANISATION
Three unitary plan dismissed as 'unworkable' by opponents
By William Eichler | 08 August 2025
Lower-tier council leaders in Suffolk have published local government reorganisation proposals fo...
POLITICS
Homelessness minister quits to avoid becoming 'distraction'
By Dan Peters | 08 August 2025
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has quit the Government following allegations she evicted ten...
ENVIRONMENT
Not zero: Core cities admit they will fail to hit ambitious climate targets
By Dan Peters | 07 August 2025
Core cities have called for billions of pounds of investment to transition to net zero after admi...
SCOTLAND
Watchdog urges councils to improve staff support
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
Councils in Scotland have been urged by local government watchdog the Accounts Commission to impr...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
CQC: Stronger leadership needed to improve Blackpool's inadequate adult social care
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
The Care Quality Commission has rated Blackpool Council’s adult social care inadequate, warning t...
FAIR FUNDING
Fears fair funding could trigger section 114 notices
By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025
Fears councils may be forced into issuing section 114 notices by the fair funding review have bee...
FINANCE
IFS: Inner London to lose from fair funding reforms
By William Eichler | 07 August 2025
Inner London is expected to be the biggest loser ‘by far’ from the Government’s proposed fair fun...
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce
By Dan Peters | 06 August 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to unde...
POLICY
Call for tourism tax to help reverse austerity
By Izzy Lepone | 06 August 2025
The introduction of a tourist tax would help reverse austerity’s ‘heavy toll’ on councils, the Au...
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