£60m boost to fix Greater Manchester's roads
03/09/2026 Greater Manchester mayor Bev Craig has announced a £60m investment to repair roads and pavements across the city-region. |
Luton and Milton Keynes push for strategic mayoral authority
02/09/2026 Two councils are pressing the Government to form a mayoral strategic authority covering Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. |
Broken fridge overload prompts LGA warning
01/09/2026 A message of caution has been issued over the accumulation of broken fridges at recycling centres amid a lack of council storage. |
Sir James replaced by Lam in shadow Cabinet reshuffle
01/09/2026 Shadow Home Office minister and assistant whip Katie Lam has been appointed shadow housing, communities and local government secretary. |
Nottinghamshire seeks clarity over reorganisation
28/08/2026 Nottinghamshire County Council has moved a step closer to taking legal action against the Government over local government reorganisation (LGR). |
Brum City Council seeks High Court injunction against unauthorised flags
28/08/2026 Birmingham CC has submitted an application to the High Court seeking an injunction to control unauthorised attachments of flags on the city's highways. |
Lincolnshire issues legal LGR letter to Government
27/08/2026 Lincolnshire CC has joined the ranks of councils embarking on the road to legal challenges against the Government over reorganisation decisions. |
ETS expansion to waste incineration delayed beyond 2028
27/08/2026 UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority has confirmed that plans to extend the scheme to waste incineration will not go ahead in 2028 as originally proposed. |
Police to review family voting allegations in Birmingham
26/08/2026 Police will review allegations of illegal family voting during Birmingham's local elections, working alongside Birmingham CC and the Electoral Commission. |
Councils urged to pool buying powers to back British Steel
26/08/2026 The chief exec and leader of North Lincs Council have written to English councils asking them to use their ‘collective buying power' to back British steel. |
Number of children in rural temporary accommodation up 70%
26/08/2026 More than 23,000 children are now living in temporary accommodation across England's county areas, according to new analysis from the County Councils Network. |
Council urges communities to plan for weather emergencies
26/08/2026 East Suffolk Council leader is urging communities to prepare for future weather-related emergencies, following a year marked by wildfires in Dunwich. |
Lime withdraws e-bikes from Bromley after hazard complaints
25/08/2026 Lime has removed its e-bikes from Bromley following complaints that abandoned vehicles were creating hazards on pavements. |
High street shell companies laundering over £1bn, study finds
25/08/2026 Thousands of suspected shell companies were operating through hairdressers, barbers, and beauty salons on high streets between 2016 and 2026, study finds. |
Government announces £10bn to kickstart council housebuilding drive
25/08/2026 Council chiefs have welcomed the first wave of funding from the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme but warned they must be at the heart of delivery. |
Council justified in action against illegal hotel use, inquiry finds
24/08/2026 A council’s enforcement action over the unauthorised use of a former hotel has been backed by a planning inspector. |
Reform pledges to prioritise British workers for social housing
24/08/2026 Reform UK has announced plans to prioritise British-born workers, veterans and married couples with children for social housing if they enter government. |
Marylebone households face losing affordable homes after court ruling
21/08/2026 Sixteen social housing households in Marylebone risk losing their homes after a court ruling allowed the property's new landlord to charge market rents. |
Oldham Council refers itself to MHCLG after failed leadership vote
21/08/2026 Oldham Council is to write to the Secretary of State after councillors again failed to elect a leader, the authority confirms. |
Mayors to lead crackdown on gangs behind illegal waste dumping
20/08/2026 PM Andy Burnham has announced that mayors will lead local enforcement in a new national crackdown on organised crime groups running illegal waste sites. |
West Midlands leaders empowered to run local bus network
19/08/2026 A partnership between the Government and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) will see bus services brought under local control. |
PM announces £442m rough sleeping drive
19/08/2026 PM Andy Burnham has announced a £442m package to tackle rough sleeping and to help councils provide rough sleepers with a route off the streets by Christmas. |
Questions over link between welfare and rent increases
18/08/2026 Unfreezing housing benefits would not drive increasing rents, according to newly-published analysis. |
New body launched to push for Leicester and Leicestershire mayor
18/08/2026 A new organisation, Devolution Leicestershire, has been launched to build the case for a regional mayor covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. |
Mother tells inquest son's fall from tower block was ‘preventable’
18/08/2026 The mother of a five-year-old boy who died after falling from a 15th-floor kitchen window in east London has told an inquest his death was ‘preventable.’ |
Councils warn planning reforms will hand more power to developers
18/08/2026 County council leaders have warned that new planning rules risk weakening local communities' voices and shifting the balance of power towards developers. |
Legal threat to Burnham asylum plan
17/08/2026 Reform UK and the Conservatives could launch legal challenges to prevent PM Andy Burnham from spreading asylum accommodation more evenly across the country. |
Lewisham launches taskforce to crack down on rogue landlords
17/08/2026 Lewisham Council has launched an intelligence-led taskforce to target non-compliant landlords and raise standards across the borough's private rented sector. |
Defence firms could reindustrialise the North East, think tank claims
17/08/2026 Use the defence sector to drive local regeneration and reindustrialise the North East of England, a free market think tank says. |
Caution urged due to wildfire risk across communities
17/08/2026 The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has called for a long-term wildfire strategy amid the increasing risk of wildfires that are threatening homes. |
Devolution race exposes divisions over mayor question
13/08/2026 The Government was this week facing hurdles as it races to complete the devolution map across England by the end of 2028. |
West of England mayor allocates £500k to help buildings stay cool
13/08/2026 West of England mayor Helen Godwin is offering grants worth up to £15k to help care homes and community groups improve their energy efficiency and help people stay cool amid heatwaves. |
Action needed to avert reorganisation’s threat to councils’ links with charities, report warns
13/08/2026 Action is needed by councils undergoing local government reorganisation (LGR) to ensure the changes do not hinder partnerships with their local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. |
Council warns drivers over hazardous bin lorry undertaking
11/08/2026 Blaby District Council has issued a prosecution warning to ‘menace drivers’ who have been dangerously undertaking the local authority’s bin crews. |
Councils set to gain powers to block new betting and vape shops
11/08/2026 Councils are to be given strengthened powers to prevent new betting and vape shops from opening, the Prime Minister has announced. |
Local farmers and wildlife come under pressure as drought spreads
11/08/2026 A warning has been issued about the impacts of dry weather on local farmers and wildlife as nearly three quarters of England enters drought status. |
Half of LGA meetings shrouded in secrecy
11/08/2026 The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is looking to ‘maximise transparency’ despite not making agendas publicly available for almost half of its meetings. |
Out of area placements continue to rise
10/08/2026 London boroughs top the list of councils exporting homeless households out of their areas as the practice grows, latest figures have shown. |
Six London councils warn new equality code risks excluding Trans+ people
10/08/2026 Six London councils have urged the Government to ensure Trans+ people are not excluded from public life following the commencement of new rules on single-sex spaces. |
Ofqual launches council-level exam results data
07/08/2026 Ofqual has updated its interactive analytics platform to show exam results broken down by local authority, ahead of this year's A Level and GCSE results days. |
Waste body warns fridge recycling system nearing breaking point
07/08/2026 NAWDO is calling on the Government to help local authorities cope with mounting pressure on the UK's fridge and freezer recycling infrastructure. |
EXCLUSIVE: Council denies senior officer suspensions amid chief executive exit row
06/08/2026 Two senior Derby City Council officers are ‘currently out of the office’ after a row over two fact finding exercises into the former chief executive, The MJ understands. |
Under-5s hit hardest by food poverty, EPI finds
06/08/2026 Nearly a quarter (24%) of households with children under the age of five experience food poverty, according to new analysis. |
Council receives objection to ‘deficient assessment’ of oil site expansion
05/08/2026 A campaign group has submitted an objection to Surrey County Council, in an attempt to prevent an oil site development being approved. |
Council takes ‘robust action’ following waste dumping arrests
05/08/2026 Four arrests have been made following a large-scale illegal waste dumping operation in Wigan, prompting the council to support enforcement action. |
New devo powers risk widening regional divide, report warns
04/08/2026 New fiscal powers allowing strategic authorities to retain income tax and business rates could deepen regional inequalities, a new report has warned. |
Parish councils urged to submit evidence to high streets inquiry
03/08/2026 The Society of Local Council Clerks is encouraging town and parish councils to engage with a new Parliamentary inquiry into the future of high streets. |
Rogue trader jailed for stealing £187k from 22 victims
03/08/2026 A rogue trader has been jailed for five years after stealing £187,000 from 22 victims across Stoke-on-Trent. |
Council demands tougher fly-tipping sentences after offender avoids jail
03/08/2026 Gravesham is calling for stronger sentencing powers in fly-tipping cases after a man behind one of the borough's worst offences received a suspended sentence. |
Oldham Council acting ‘unlawfully’, legal boss says
03/08/2026 Oldham Council is acting unlawfully by failing to elect a leader or cabinet, the council’s top legal boss says. |
Councils told to review tax-avoidance ‘box-shifting’ schemes
Council signs agreement to secure snooker championship at the Crucible
Scottish local government system to be overhauled
Lancashire steps back from refugee resettlement role
