3/19/2026

The Government is proposing to establish ‘local scrutiny committees' to oversee strategic authorities.

1/7/2026

MPs have accused Birmingham CC of providing a ‘biased picture’ surrounding the decision to ban Israeli football fans from a match against Aston Villa.

12/5/2025

With the seasonal break approaching, many councils will be hoping for a period of rest and recuperation, but in reality, they know there’s no time to waste, say Claire Ward, partner, and Sue Bearman, legal director at Anthony Collins.

11/25/2025

Local authorities that already use the committee system will be allowed to retain it under strict conditions detailed by the Government.

9/22/2025

MPs say devolving 16–19 education to strategic authorities is vital to boosting growth and improving young people’s prospects.

8/18/2025

Secondary school suspension rates in the Isle of Wight have risen by over 20% since 2023/24.

8/13/2025

Minister Jim McMahon has committed to meeting with Sheffield's political group leaders to discuss the Government's proposed abolition of the committee system.

8/4/2025

New think tank report urges rapid local planning changes to boost housing supply and support council-led development

7/4/2025

Local authorities should be given new powers to limit the disruption caused by street works, overseen by a national 'street works commissioner', MPs say.

6/24/2025

The Government has announced plans to legislate to abolish the committee system.

5/14/2025

MPs have called for an independent national oversight mechanism to ensure the recommendations made by the Grenfell inquiry are implemented.

5/6/2025

MPs have urged the Government to measure the cost of inaction on social care and warned that failing to do so would mean reforms are ‘doomed to failure’.

3/11/2025

Legislation aimed at speeding up planning decisions would ‘dilute’ the role of councillors on planning committees, warns the County Council Network (CCN).

12/11/2024

A parliamentary committee is set to consider whether the local government finance system in England is fit for purpose.

11/4/2024

MPs have launched an inquiry looking into the costs of failing to fix the struggling adult social care system.

10/28/2024

A Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee member has lost the Labour whip after a video emerged appearing to show him punching a man.

3/4/2024

Mayor Ben Houchen and Simon Clarke MP have been accused of trying to pressure Redcar and Cleveland's planning committee to act unlawfully.

12/1/2023

The Government should ensure local authorities are not ‘aggressively’ chasing council tax debt from those who can least afford it, MPs have said.

11/28/2023

MPs have warned that key local services are on a ‘knife edge’ due to the poor financial health of councils in England.

11/24/2023

An inquiry looking at the remit of the controversial Office for Local Government (Oflog) was launched by MPs today.

11/20/2023

Thousands of children are learning in potentially unsafe buildings, with MPs ‘extremely concerned’ about the Department for Education’s understanding of the risks, a new report says.

11/13/2023

The chair of the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee has written to the LUHC department with concerns about managing voter ID in future elections.

11/9/2023

The chair of the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee has urged the Government to commit to a timetable for abolishing section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.

11/8/2023

Baroness Kate Parminter, chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee, argues that the local government voice is crucial for committees to understand how government policy is impacting communities.

9/19/2023

MPs have criticised the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for what they describe as its ‘poor performance’ in the timeliness of responses.

8/9/2023

An inquiry into electric vehicles (EVs) has today been launched to help the Government better understand how the UK will reach net zero.

7/25/2023

MPs have launched an inquiry into how far the planning system is helping to deliver homes that are suitable for disabled people.

5/26/2023

The Government’s levelling up policy will fail without long-term funding for councils, MPs have warned.

5/22/2023

Lord Moylan, chair of the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, argues that the short-term lets registration scheme should be optional.

4/18/2023

‘Shocking’ racism has played a key role in creating higher death rates for black women and those from poorer areas in childbirth, according to MPs.

4/5/2023

Bristol council is set to be run by seven policy committees after the May elections following a referendum which decided to abolish the directly elected mayor.

3/3/2023

An inquiry into financial audit in local authorities has been launched to ensure councils are financially sustainable and remain accountable to residents.

12/2/2022

Tower Hamlets Council's strategic planning committee has voted to reject the Chinese government's plans for a ‘super embassy’.

10/18/2022

West Lancashire BC is the latest council to plump for a return of the committee system.

7/8/2022

MPs have called for councils to ensure all looked-after children are receiving full-time education in a school registered with the Department for Education.

5/6/2022

Bristol voters have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum.

12/9/2021

MPs have called for urgent action to prevent mental health services slipping backwards as a result of the pandemic and the scale of unmet need prior to it.

9/30/2020

Wirral Council has approved plans to move to a committee system of local government.

8/28/2019

Two Sheffield City Council cabinet members, including the deputy leader, and four cabinet assistants have resigned in support of radically overhauling the way the council does business.

5/30/2017

Councillors in Basildon have switched to a committee system rather than a leader and cabinet, in attempt to make the authority more democratic and effective.