Emergency planning

• Brokenshire gets Brexit breakdown from chiefs

  Chief executives have told communities secretary James Brokenshire Whitehall needs to be more joined up between departments and in its communications with councils over Brexit.

  

• Rebuilding lives and trust after Grenfell?

  Four months after the Grenfell fire tragedy, many survivors remain without a permanent home and the council’s relationship with residents remains severed. Sam Clayden quizzes Kensington & Chelsea RLBC leader Elizabeth Campbell on the borough’s progress.

  

• Stepping up to the plate

  The Manchester Arena attack showed local government at its best. Mark Whitehead spoke to the city council’s leader Joanne Roney.

  

• A radical rethink of emergency plans

  Local government is examining its approach to emergency planning following a string of horrific incidents, as Mark Whitehead finds out.