New Forest boundary challenge has no ‘chance of success'
29/05/2026 New Forest DC has been advised that a legal challenge to the Government's controversial boundary changes in Hampshire would have no real chance of success. |
Council fines itself £472k for own non-compliant vehicles
28/05/2026 Birmingham City Council has paid more than £472,000 to itself in charges and fines after its own vehicles repeatedly breached the city’s Clean Air Zone rules. |
England's first cycle street opens in Cambridge
28/05/2026 England's first cycle street has opened to the public in Cambridge, marking a significant milestone in the city's efforts to prioritise active travel. |
Kent CC to set up water resilience partnership after shortages
28/05/2026 Kent County Council is establishing a new strategic partnership to improve oversight and accountability of the county's water supply, following shortages. |
Reform-controlled Wakefield Council cuts school uniform support
28/05/2026 Reform-controlled Wakefield Council is cutting school uniform support for thousands of local children, replacing a universal scheme with means-testing. |
City of London censures Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
27/05/2026 City of London Corporation has censured Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after he failed to respond to a request to relinquish his Freedom of the City of London. |
Conservatives regain Redditch council in deal with Reform UK
27/05/2026 Conservatives have returned to power at Redditch Borough Council after striking a confidence and supply agreement with Reform UK. |
Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements
27/05/2026 Breckland DC's leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow in the Norfolk district over the issue. |
Reform-led council introduces prayer and anthem singing to meetings
22/05/2026 Reform-controlled Kent County Council has voted to introduce the Lord's Prayer and the national anthem into its council meetings. |
Reed warns of sanctions over service standards
22/05/2026 Local government secretary Steve Reed has warned of sanctions for councils that fail to meet new service standards. |
Government moves to cap profits of private children's care providers
21/05/2026 The Government has announced plans to crack down on profiteering by private companies providing services to councils. |
Key Cities dominate UK's fastest-growing online presence rankings
21/05/2026 Six of the 10 UK cities with the fastest-rising online presence belong to the Key Cities network, according to new analysis from consultancy ING. |
BCP Council urges Government to get tough on illegal parking
20/05/2026 BCP Council is calling on the Government to make tougher parking enforcement powers permanent. |
School nursery plan faces 'reality check', report warns
20/05/2026 The Government's flagship scheme to create 3,000 school-based nurseries in England faces a significant gap between ambition and delivery, landmark study says |
Green space trumps building design in public's housing wish list
20/05/2026 Green space, clean air and community connection matter more to people than how buildings look when it comes to new housing developments, new polling finds. |
Rainbow coalitions form as more councils fall under NOC
20/05/2026 Attempts are being made to form rainbow coalitions around the country after more councils ended up in no overall control following the elections. |
LGA publishes guide to help councils attract private investment
20/05/2026 Councils have been handed a new toolkit to help them secure private investment and drive local growth. |
SEND reforms at risk as pupils cluster in minority of schools
20/05/2026 Government ambitions to make mainstream schools more inclusive risk falling short unless the uneven distribution of pupils with SEND is tackled, study finds. |
Reform-controlled Essex CC launches reorganisation legal challenge
19/05/2026 Essex County Council has begun legal proceedings against the Government over its local government reorganisation proposals, the leader-elect has confirmed. |
Most school leaders say SEND reforms will increase workload, survey finds
19/05/2026 Nine in 10 school leaders believe the Government's proposed special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms will add to workload, poll finds. |
RIBA calls for introduction of city architects to tackle housing crisis
19/05/2026 City architects should be introduced across England to help unlock millions of pounds in economic value and hundreds of new homes, RIBA report says. |
Reform UK to nominate new CCN chair
18/05/2026 The County Councils Network (CCN) has announced that the Reform UK Group is to nominate the new chair of the network. |
Labour retains position as largest group on LGA
14/05/2026 The LGA has published its updated political proportionality following the local elections, with Labour retaining its position as the largest group. |
Reform UK unlikely to enter 'formal coalitions' on councils
14/05/2026 Reform UK is unlikely to join ‘formal coalitions' to run councils, a leading party figure has told The MJ. |
Watchdog finds only 64% of waste sites compliant
14/05/2026 A watchdog has found that only 64% of waste sites can be confirmed compliant under what it characterises as a ‘flawed’ Environment Agency inspection regime. |
Exclusive: District disaggregation requires 'properly thought through plan'
13/05/2026 A ‘thought through plan' with realistic timescales is needed if ministers are to press ahead with creating unitaries on non-district boundaries, experts warn. |
Regulator hands Islington Council C3 grade over serious housing failings
13/05/2026 Islington Council has been given a C3 grade by the RSH following an inspection that identified serious failings in the management of its housing stock. |
Government launches twin Sussex reorganisation consultations
13/05/2026 The Government has launched two separate consultations on modified proposals for local government reorganisation in Sussex. |
Volunteer wardens assemble to fix local roads
12/05/2026 A community scheme has been launched by Shropshire Council to enhance local road maintenance efforts. |
Devo minister resigns
12/05/2026 Junior devolution minister Miatta Fahnbulleh has resigned and urged PM Keir Starmer to ‘do the right thing' and ‘set a timetable for an orderly transition'. |
Westminster creates first-ever cabinet enforcement role to tackle anti-social behaviour
11/05/2026 Westminster City Council has created a new senior cabinet position focused on keeping the city's streets safe, in what it says is a first for the authority. |
Reform councillor believed to have stood down following allegations
11/05/2026 A Reform UK councillor is believed to have already resigned following his election last Thursday. |
Voting system producing 'wildly unrepresentative' results, campaigners say
11/05/2026 Last week’s council elections have thrown the distortions of the First Past the Post voting system into sharp relief, the Electoral Reform Society argue. |
New Councillors, Same Pressures: IFS warns councils face unchanged funding challenges
11/05/2026 New councillors elected last week inherits a local government finance picture that is deeply constrained – and unlikely to improve quickly, IFS warns. |
Animal rights activists call for council to rename 'Chicken Roundabout'
11/05/2026 Animal rights activists have written to Norfolk County Council requesting that a locally famous 'Chicken Roundabout' be renamed 'Save the Chickens Roundabout'. |
Votes disqualified in Oldham after ballot paper error
08/05/2026 At least 15 local election votes have been disqualified in Oldham after a council printing error saw the wrong candidates listed on ballot papers. |
Former Big Brother star wins council seat for Reform
08/05/2026 A former Big Brother housemate has been elected to a council seat in east London as Reform UK swept to a landslide victory in the borough of Havering. |
Half of teenagers uncertain about voting, Children's Commissioner warns
08/05/2026 Half of 13 to 17-year-olds either do not know which political party they would support at the next election or whether they would vote, new polling finds. |
Reform UK ousts Derbyshire deputy council leader in secret ballot
08/05/2026 Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK group has removed its deputy leader following a secret ballot of the party's councillors. |
North Yorkshire Tory leadership vote abandoned after chaotic meeting
08/05/2026 A meeting to decide the future leadership of North Yorkshire Council's Conservative group ended without a vote after descending into disagreement and distress. |
85,000 homelessness cases linked to relationship breakdown
07/05/2026 More than 85,000 homelessness applications across England and Wales between 2020 and 2025 were linked to relationship breakdown, according to new research. |
Council turns to beavers to combat flooding
06/05/2026 Leicestershire County Council is considering bringing back beavers to help mitigate flood risk. |
Leicester celebrates Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday
05/05/2026 Leicester is marking Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday by celebrating the deep ties between the national treasure and the city that helped shape him. |
Reform-led Lancs council to pull out of refugee resettlement scheme
05/05/2026 Reform-led Lancashire County Council could become the first UK council to withdraw from the Government’s refugee resettlement scheme. |
West Northants considers social housing policy shakeup
01/05/2026 West Northamptonshire Council is considering changing the criteria for its social housing allocation scheme following a surge in applications. |
WWII bomb discovered on Plymouth building site
01/05/2026 A World War Two unexploded bomb discovered on a building site in Plymouth is being made safe this morning after specialists began a controlled explosion. |
Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
30/04/2026 Leeds City Council has had 12,000 litres of fuel for its fleet of vehicles stolen as prices rise with continued conflict in the Middle East. |
High street heatmap reveals 'dodgy shop' hotspots
30/04/2026 Birmingham, Liverpool and London top a new national heatmap of high street hotspots for organised crime. |
School absence fines postcode lottery despite national standards, research finds
30/04/2026 School absence fines remain inconsistently applied, despite the introduction of a National Framework intended to standardise enforcement, study finds. |
Freeze on energy bills confirmed for Byker Wall homeowners
30/04/2026 Energy bills for residents of a Newcastle housing estate have been frozen by the council. |
Newcastle-under-Lyme to leave LGA
Reform’s Havering leader rules out 'Hexit'
Brum Reform calls for English only meetings
Enfield pulls out of New Town scheme
