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Budget: Mayors to get tourist tax powers
By William Eichler | 26 November 2025
England’s regional mayors will soon have the power to introduce a levy on overnight stays in hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses and holiday lets, chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed.
Budget: Council tax surcharge to 'support funding for local government services'
By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025
Revenue from the high value council tax surcharge will be used to ‘support funding for local government services’, Budget documents have confirmed.
NCASC: Risk of spreading children's resources 'too thinly'
By Ann McGauran | 26 November 2025
The lack of a national strategy for children means there is a risk of resources being ‘spread too thinly’, the head of England’s children’s care chiefs has warned.
EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision
By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025
Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...
Elections overhaul could ease postal vote pressure
By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025
An overhaul of polling stations to be piloted in May’s elections could help ease pressures on ele...
Profit cap on children's placement providers 'won't be worth the paper it's written on'
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Any profit cap on providers of children’s placements in England ‘won’t be worth the paper it’s wr...
Devo Bill 'snatches' power upwards
By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025
Power is being ‘snatched upwards and away from local voices’ by the English Devolution and Commun...
Budget: Mayors to get tourist tax powers
By William Eichler | 26 November 2025
England’s regional mayors will soon have the power to introduce a levy on overnight stays in hote...
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Temporary Accommodation Network: financial solutions to the crisis
By James McHugh | 27 November 2025
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Counting care costs
'Councils continue to face steep rises in the cost of care in both children and adult services. As social care chiefs gather this week for the National Children and Adult Services Conference, Ann McGauran speaks to sector experts to see what can be done to rein in rising fees.'
27 November 2025
Urging for a fairer urban future
'Parliamentary chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Sally Jameson warns that changes in the fair funding reforms are set to slash millions from deprived urban areas next year. Ann McGauran reports.'
By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2025
Why we dare to care
By Karen Fuller | 27 November 2025
Karen Fuller relates how Oxfordshire has taken a bold stand, driving the sweeping transformation ...
Fixing the family support gap
By Mary-Alice Doyle | 27 November 2025
Camden LBC is launching a powerful, data-driven model designed to pinpoint low-income families mo...
Creating a haven home for children
By Stephen Evans | 27 November 2025
Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting ...
EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision
By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025
Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...
Reed U-turn over committee system abolition
By Neil Merrick | 25 November 2025
Local authorities that already use the committee system will be allowed to retain it under strict...
Three rival reorganisation bids emerge in Nottinghamshire
By Martin Ford | 24 November 2025
Three options will be put before ministers for local government reorganisation in Nottinghamshire.
Gloucestershire district rejects reorganisation
By Heather Jameson | 21 November 2025
Forest of Dean DC has voted against supporting any form of reorganisation in Gloucestershire.
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