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New partnership to give councils fresh reorganisation support

06/10/2025

A new partnership between Local Partnerships and the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) will give councils fresh reorganisation support.

Voters head to polls amid local government reorganisation

01/05/2025

Voters are heading to the polls in parts of England to elect thousands of councillors against the backdrop of local government reorganisation (LGR).

Majority of public ‘not following’ reorganisation

23/04/2025

Nearly two-thirds of the public are not engaged with local government reorganisation, a new poll commissioned ahead of the local elections has revealed.

Scottish councils face ‘catastrophic’ funding issues

27/11/2024

Seven in 10 local authorities in Scotland have warned they will be unable to pass a balanced budget within the next five years without widespread reform.

Quarter of Scottish councils fear bankruptcy

13/12/2023

Nearly a quarter of Scottish councils fear they will be unable to balance their budget next year, new research shows.

Clarke appointed as local government secretary

06/09/2022

Local government has given new local government secretary Simon Clarke a guarded welcome after he was appointed by new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Councillors of the year are named

02/12/2021

Camden Council’s leader, Cllr Georgia Gould, has won Leader of the Year at this year’s 2021 Cllr Awards.

Report outlines six principles to underpin the levelling up White Paper

04/10/2021

Councils must be at the heart of the Government’s levelling up agenda, a new report has argued today.

LGiU report calls for a local government-led Building Back Better commission

16/06/2021

A local government-led Building Back Better commission should be part of a new place settlement after the pandemic, a new report from the LGiU think-tank has urged.

Spending Review: 'Risk all sits on local government'

26/11/2020

The Spending Review failed to tackle key issues such as reforms to local government funding, sector experts have warned.

'Hand power down to level up' report argues

09/10/2020

Power must be decentralised and rebalanced around the needs of local places if the Government’s aim if levelling up is to be met, a report has argued today.

Cuts force most councils to increase council tax and charges

05/02/2020

The majority of councils are planning on raising council tax and charging for services in 2020/21 in order to make ends meet, new research has revealed.

Councillors silenced on secret fiscal devolution report

31/10/2018

Senior councillors have been warned not to talk about a secret Local Government Association (LGA) report that models what fiscal devolution might look like, The MJ has been told.

Hammond offers little respite for council finances

13/03/2018

Council finances were offered little respite in chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Statement today.

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