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EXCLUSIVE SURVEY: 'Women are being failed'

18/09/2025

One in 10 local authority female staff have experienced inappropriate touching by a manager, a landmark sexual harassment survey by Unite has found.

Ministers axe elections holiday compensation

18/09/2025

Ministers have decided the Government will no longer reimburse electoral services staff if a late-notice General Election means they have to cancel holidays.

Portsmouth expected to reject reorganisation

18/09/2025

Portsmouth City Council is expected to formally reject local government reorganisation at a meeting next week, telling ministers to leave the authority alone.

EXCLUSIVE: Judicial review threat for food waste laggards

16/09/2025

English councils that fail to offer separate food waste collections to all homes from April could face judicial review, a Whitehall insider has warned.

Council leader calls for vital funding reforms

15/09/2025

The leader of Barnsley Council has highlighted the urgency of delivering funding reforms to Red Wall areas.

Section 114 notice warning for Halton

12/09/2025

Halton BC may be forced to issue a section 114 notice if the council fails to bring its spending under control, senior councillors have been warned.

Reform council chief announces retirement plans

11/09/2025

Lincolnshire CC's chief executive officer, Debbie Barnes, has announced her plans to retire after 19 years at the authority, including five at the helm.

Fire and rehire ban 'burned out shell'

08/09/2025

Union Unite has described the Government's commitment to ban the practice of fire and rehiring workers as ‘now nothing more than a burned out shell'.

Council buys rail transport operator

26/08/2025

Dudley Council has bought the operators of Coventry's fledgling rail transport system.

Kent reassurance after staff DOGE concerns

22/08/2025

Reform-run Kent CC (KCC) has reassured employees that any decisions to share data with the party’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be ‘lawful, reasonable and proportionate’.

Farage: Put pressure on councils to follow Epping Forest

20/08/2025

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has urged people to 'put pressure' on councils to go to court after a High Court ruling.

Council wins temporary injunction over asylum hotel

19/08/2025

Asylum seekers are to be removed from an Essex hotel that has became the focus of protests this summer.

Reform UK: LGA must show its value to councils

15/08/2025

Reform UK will review its decision to have a group at the LGA after spending time judging the organisation's worth, the party's group leader has said.

EXCLUSIVE: LGA urged to consider northern office

14/08/2025

Senior Local Government Association (LGA) figures have urged the organisation to consider opening a UK office outside London.

Gov reluctant to interfere with successful strategic authority boundaries

14/08/2025

The Government has suggested it will not want to rip up existing strategic authority boundaries where the organisations are ‘working well'.

EXCLUSIVE: McMahon to meet Sheffield leaders about committee abolition

13/08/2025

Minister Jim McMahon has committed to meeting with Sheffield's political group leaders to discuss the Government's proposed abolition of the committee system.

Calls for AI ethics and data ethics boards

13/08/2025

Calls have been made for all councils to form artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and data ethics boards.

Council tight-lipped over monitoring officer departure

12/08/2025

Hertfordshire's Three Rivers DC has declined to comment on whether it paid a financial settlement to its departed monitoring officer, Stephen Rix.

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument

12/08/2025

Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents to back their favoured reorganisation proposal.

Seven funds to join Border to Coast

12/08/2025

Seven local government pension scheme funds have confirmed their intention to join Border to Coast Pensions Partnership.

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Keeping local audit on the agenda

Local audit reforms risk being overshadowed by devolution and reorganisation. Why proper scrutiny is vital to protect accountability and public trust.
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