EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal LGR threat from furious Sussex leaders

10/04/2026

Sussex leaders are to demand ministers fully explain why they have delayed a final reorganisation decision, or they will consider launching a judicial review.

Local museums share £4m accessibility fund

New food plan strives to boost heathy living in West Northants

Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent

New asylum housing inspection launched

Greens target Labour in local election campaign launch

Government accused of 'failing to deliver' on council tax modernisation

Council to discuss New Forest flag proposals

LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'

Politics and Policy

Government confirms seven locations for new towns

Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority formerly established

Local government reorganisation in Essex 'over'

MPs urge reform of local decision-making after fan ban review

Human Resources

Unison proposes adult social care pension scheme

Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise

Capacity warning to Cornwall over strategic authority move

Lords block Government move to influence council pension investments

Finance

APSE: Half of councils facing street cleansing cuts

PAC warns council reforms risk deepening audit crisis

Seven councils permitted to hike council tax above 5% cap

Government to pay off 90% of SEND deficits

Transformation

AI could save Cambridgeshire CC from future potholes

Solar-powered bin scheme drives efficiencies in Sheffield

Gateshead invests £4.5m to modernise IT networks and drive digital inclusion

EXCLUSIVE: AI set to help decide local government reorganisation

Health and Social Care

Welsh council backs call to restrict junk food advertisement

Scottish councils call for leisure and sport investment as prevention tool

Ofsted overhauls children's services inspections

Children stuck in hospital as lack of community care sparks ‘hidden crisis’

Public Property

Report finds 'optimism bias' in council projections

Barking housing scheme could provide ‘blueprint for brownfield development’

Manchester CC unites with pension fund to boost housebuilding

John Lewis no longer to deliver Build to Rent housing

Analysis

How local authorities are uncovering the UK's hidden cyber supply-chain threats

Justin Kuruvilla, Chief Cyber Security Strategist at Risk Ledger, explores how councils are collaborating to map hidden supply-chain cyber risks and strengthen resilience.

Opinion

LocalGov Round-Up: LGR, Finance and Local Elections

This week councils faced questions over reorganisation, concerns over the finances of the social care sector and a reminder of electoral fraud risks.

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Case Studies

Acrospire Delivers Seamless Heritage Lighting Upgrade on Bath’s North Parade Bridge

Acrospire Delivers Retrofit Lighting for Newbridge’s Joe Calzaghe Footbridge

Acrospire Delivers PIR-Controlled Lighting at Ruislip Lido Car Park

Spennymoor Market Place and Consett Middle Street revitalised using Thorn Lighting’s Thor Lanterns and Customisable Gobo Projectors

Acrospire Partners with Bath & North East Somerset Council to Illuminate Historic Film Location with LED Upgrade

Believ to install 22 charge points across Redcar and Cleveland

Acrospire Enhances Harlington Underpass with Energy-Saving Vandal-Resistant Lighting

Company Anouncements

Vent-Axia Welcomes the Future Homes Standard as Competency Takes Centre Stage

Apricorn Becomes First and Only Hardware-Encrypted USB Storage Device Manufacturer to Achieve AS9100 Certification

AAT helps Councils step up to address children’s social care

CU Phosco Approved as a Crown Commercial Service Supplier

Acrospire triumphs at the 2025 HEA Awards with Sustainable Project of the Year

TRT Lighting retrofit helps Lincolnshire County Council cut street lighting energy use by over 65%

Vent-Axia Welcomes Healthy Homes Standard

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