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Local government reorganisation review nears completion
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
Whitehall’s reorganisation review is nearing completion, local government minister Jim McMahon insisted this afternoon.
First, rewire the place, then turn the lights on
By Rob Huntington | 14 October 2026
From Trumpton’s tangled wires to today’s fragmented public services, local government must join up devolution, funding and reform to improve residents’ lives, says Rob Huntington.
LGA forges 'strategic partnership' with No10 North
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) is in talks with No10 North on developing a ‘strategic partnership’.
Calls for all councils to develop unique place-based growth plans
By Paul Marinko | 14 October 2026
Hammersmith & Fulham LBC leader and London Councils chair Cllr Stephen Cowan has called on every ...
EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
By Dan Peters | 14 October 2026
Council chief executives have warned Whitehall that local authorities must be treated as equal pa...
LGA forges 'strategic partnership' with No10 North
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) is in talks with No10 North on developing a ‘strategic par...
Minister denies planning changes are 'overriding democracy'
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has denied changes to planning delegation rules were ‘overridi...
Local government reorganisation review nears completion
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
Whitehall’s reorganisation review is nearing completion, local government minister Jim McMahon in...
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Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
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Strategic authorities: Swerving the 'screw up'
'The Government’s commitment to a roll out of powerful strategic authorities across the country is in little doubt, but as the sector awaits a string of key announcements to put more flesh on the bone, Paul Marinko looks at the ingredients for success in current mayoral regions and considers the challenges councils will face in following suit.'
13 October 2026
Liverpool's recovery: how a council moved beyond intervention
'Liverpool City Council has shed its final improvement notice and emerged from intervention five years after government commissioners were brought in. Chief executive Andrew Lewis tells Heather Jameson how the authority is now positioning itself as a potential flagship for local government improvement.'
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Welsh lessons to end homelessness
By Cllr Sara Burch | 14 October 2026
Sara Burch looks at how Welsh councils are using prevention, political will and housing investmen...
How councils can create smoke and vape-free spaces
By Dr Sarah McNulty | 12 October 2026
Dr Sarah McNulty explains how Knowsley is leading local action to protect children and advance sm...
Local markets are the key to re-invigorating our high streets
By Rosie Maguire | 05 October 2026
Local markets can revitalise high streets, strengthen communities and build resilient local econo...
Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
By Rob Powell | 14 October 2026
'If the test for LGR across England is merely that the new arrangements should be no less unsusta...
EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
By Dan Peters | 14 October 2026
Council chief executives have warned Whitehall that local authorities must be treated as equal pa...
Autumn Budget: Funding counties' growth
By Steve Broadbent | 14 October 2026
Counties hold the key to growth and public service reform, but the Budget must match ambition wit...
First, rewire the place, then turn the lights on
By Rob Huntington | 14 October 2026
From Trumpton’s tangled wires to today’s fragmented public services, local government must join u...
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