New SIGOMA chair: ‘We need certainty’ on council funding
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
New mosque safety toolkit launched ahead of terror attack anniversary
19/06/2026 The Muslim Council of Britain has launched an updated Mosque safety toolkit just days before the ninth anniversary of the Finsbury Park terror attack. |
Liverpool City Region launches first anti-racism strategy
11/06/2026 Liverpool City Region has launched its first anti-racism strategy, developed with hundreds of stakeholders from across the region's communities. |
Reform urged to expel a dozen new councillors over extremist views
13/05/2026 Campaigners have called on Reform UK to kick out 12 newly elected councillors for racism – including antisemitism and Islamophobia – and praising the Nazis. |
£1.5m emergency boost to fight antisemitism after Golders Green attack
05/05/2026 Local authorities are set to receive an extra £1m to help tackle antisemitism, the Government has announced. |
Barnet Council responds to antisemitic terrorist attack
30/04/2026 Barnet Council's chief executive has condemned the stabbing of two people in Golders Green as a senseless antisemitic attack on the Jewish community. |
Council apologises to Millwall FC over KKK booklet
24/04/2026 Westminster City Council has apologised to Millwall FC after the club's badge was featured on an image of a Ku Klux Klan robe in an educational booklet. |
Government publishes social cohesion action plan
10/03/2026 The Government has published an action plan aimed at strengthening community cohesion and resilience across the UK. |
Mayor ‘appalled’ by destruction of Holocaust memorial bench
09/01/2026 Salford mayor Paul Dennett has said he is ‘deeply saddened and appalled’ following the destruction of a Holocaust memorial bench in Clowes Park. |
Anti-racist flag cancelled due to concerns over offence
27/11/2025 Brighton & Hove City Council has cancelled an anti-racist art exhibition showing a reimagined Union Jack over concerns it could offend minority communities. |
Redesigning Services: Anti-racist models of home improvement
29/10/2025 Without inclusive home improvement support, the wellbeing of people from racially minorities will be at risk, writes Nazia Azad of Centre for Ageing Better. |
Khan: Trump is ‘racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic’
24/09/2025 Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, has condemned Donald Trump as ‘racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic’ after the president attacked him at the UN. |
Local areas failing to address racism in child safeguarding
11/03/2025 Local areas are failing to address the safeguarding needs of Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children, a new report into child safeguarding has found. |
