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LGA warns of £7bn funding black hole for sector
By Paul Marinko | 03 July 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) has thrown down the gauntlet to a likely Burnham-led government with warnings the sector faces a £7bn funding black hole.
Getting the LGA fighting fit
By Heather Jameson | 07 July 2026
New Local Government Association chair Eammon O’Brien tells Heather Jameson that councils must seize the opportunity to reshape public services, tackle long-standing challenges and deliver for their communities.
Should health, care and local government departments merge?
By Christopher Exeter | 03 July 2026
With Andy Burnham poised to become Prime Minister and launch what could be a radical restructure of public services, Christopher Exeter looks back a hundred years to Chamberlain’s ‘Birminghamism’ and asks if health, care and local government need just one department.
Council workers left 'mentally exhausted'
By Joe Lepper | 07 July 2026
More than a quarter of council workers leave work at the end of the day feeling ‘mentally exhaust...
Funding structures and national policy 'moderate' local Reform and Green ambitions
By Ann McGauran | 07 July 2026
The capacity of Reform UK and the Greens to deliver large-scale change locally has been reined ba...
Portsmouth loses HMO legal battle
By Martin Ford | 07 July 2026
Portsmouth City Council has lost a legal case over its licensing scheme for houses in multiple oc...
Burnham's small business rates plan could cost £880m a year
By William Eichler | 06 July 2026
Andy Burnham’s proposed rates reforms could help cut business rates for over 100,000 small busine...
Ofsted set to punish councils for unregistered children's homes
By Joe Lepper | 03 July 2026
Ofsted is looking to use future inspections to penalise councils that use illegal unregistered ch...
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Steadying the LGA ship
'As the Local Government Association heads to Bournemouth for its annual conference, can it adapt to political fragmentation and sector reform while staying the collective voice for a changing sector? Heather Jameson reports.'
07 July 2026
Getting the LGA fighting fit
'New Local Government Association chair Eammon O’Brien tells Heather Jameson that councils must seize the opportunity to reshape public services, tackle long-standing challenges and deliver for their communities.'
By Heather Jameson | 07 July 2026
How councils can help businesses connect with their largest untapped market
By Pippa Mannerings | 07 July 2026
Older consumers continue to be overlooked by many businesses. Pippa Mannerings details the role l...
Cultural uses: From estate to asset
By Dan Buck | 02 July 2026
Dan Buck looks at how culture can unlock new income for public bodies.
Food security: National challenge, local solution
By David Godfrey | 02 July 2026
With the international crisis in the Gulf just the latest of threats to UK food security, Carol F...
Steadying the LGA ship
By Heather Jameson | 07 July 2026
As the Local Government Association heads to Bournemouth for its annual conference, can it adapt ...
Reed vows to finish local government reorganisation
By Heather Jameson | 06 July 2026
Communities secretary Steve Reed has vowed to finish local government reorganisation before the n...
Your career won't reorganise itself
By Nathan Elvery | 01 July 2026
Nathan Elvery outlines why visibility matters more than performance when it comes to local govern...
Why reorganisation threatens Harlow's regeneration vision
By Ann McGauran | 01 July 2026
Harlow Council’s leader Dan Swords talks to Ann McGauran about why local government reorganisatio...
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