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DEVOLUTION

Future Forum Midlands: Combined authority seeks 'full autonomy'

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025

Taking the helm of the first combined county authority in England was like ‘flying the plane whil...

AI

Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to prepare for AI 'wave'

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025

Councils should be doing more to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their ...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Future Forum Midlands: Test, learn and grow to enter new phase

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025

The Government is preparing to share learning from the test, learn and grow programme, The MJ’s F...

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR

By Paul Marinko | 10 September 2025

Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transforma...

ASYLUM

Councils prepare for battle over asylum accommodation at military sites

By Joe Lepper | 10 September 2025

Councils at the centre of Government plans to increase the use of former military barracks to hou...

POLITICS

Uncertain future after Westminster reshuffle

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025

A sudden outbreak of political turmoil at Westminster has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging ove...

HEALTH

Council threatens legal action over ICB recovery programme

By Lee Peart | 10 September 2025

St Helens Borough Council is considering legal action against NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB ove...

REORGANISATION

Essex claims three unitary reorganisation would best tackle debt crisis

By Paul Marinko | 09 September 2025

Essex CC’s leadership has claimed its favoured three unitary model of reorganisation would best m...

Lack of Government assurance over governance change funding

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2025

The Government has refused to reassure councils forced to scrap their committee systems it will p...

REORGANISATION

Councils seek legal advice amid reorganisation confusion

By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2025

Councils facing boundary changes as part of local government reorganisation are seeking legal adv...