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Reform defends £700m council savings claim
By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2026
A senior Reform UK figure has defended the party’s claim it has found £700m of savings at the councils it controls.
Lancashire CC apologises for role in failings before Southport attack
By William Eichler | 14 April 2026
The chief executive of Lancashire CC has apologised for the authority's role in the systemic failings that preceded the Southport knife attack, after a public inquiry identified multiple failures by agencies involved with the attacker, Axel Rudakubana.
Moving SEND mainstream
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
The Government’s blueprint for reforming the SEND system has landed, but important details are still to be confirmed – while the task of implementing it falls to councils. Martin Ford reports.
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...
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...
SEND bailout at risk as councils await crucial guidance
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
Councils are facing a race against time to unlock essential central government funding for SEND (...
Reform defends £700m council savings claim
By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2026
A senior Reform UK figure has defended the party’s claim it has found £700m of savings at the cou...
Government ploughs on with council tax billing switch
By Joe Lepper | 15 April 2026
The Government is to plough on with its plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month i...
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Moving SEND mainstream
'The Government’s blueprint for reforming the SEND system has landed, but important details are still to be confirmed – while the task of implementing it falls to councils. Martin Ford reports.'
16 April 2026
New name, same game
'Chair of the newly-branded LCN, Richard Wright, talks to Paul Marinko about the network’s aims, where it sits among other key organisations within the sector and why the revamp is much more than a name change.'
By Cllr Richard Wright | 09 April 2026
From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
By Matt O'Neill | 08 April 2026
Barnsley's transformation model offers a quiet reminder that resilience in town centres comes fro...
A North Star guiding tough decision making
By Cllr Caroline Woodley | 02 April 2026
By embedding an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory mindset into commissioning, procurement, and ...
Why more areas should become Boroughs of Sport
By Cllr Ross Garrod | 27 March 2026
Merton is on a mission to become London’s first Borough of Sport, says Ross Garrod. He sets out f...
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...
The amount of local reform requires clear vision and better alignment
By Susan Parsonage | 16 April 2026
Susan Parsonage says the scale of reforms to councils, Integrated Care Boards and the police call...
LGR disruption offers long-term opportunity
By Caroline Compton-James | 16 April 2026
Councils understand the longterm benefits that reorganisation can unlock, and are also clear abou...
Winning the war on waste?
By David Blackman | 16 April 2026
Is Reform UK’s waste drive just a saloon bar dream or are there still genuine efficiencies to be ...
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