10 ways councils are making budgets go further
Discover 10 ways councils are stretching budgets further, from digital transformation and energy efficiency to community partnerships and data-driven decision-making.
EXCLUSIVE: Food waste new burdens assessment still not completed
09/10/2025 Whitehall has yet to complete a new burdens assessment for introducing separate food waste collections with six months until the policy has to be implemented. |
Experts' warning over Exceptional Financial Support
07/10/2025 Council finance experts urged the Government to ensure Exceptional Financial Support remains temporary and does not become ‘embedded in the public sector'. |
EXCLUSIVE: Councils warn of 'devastating' axing of net zero fund
07/10/2025 Councils have warned of the ‘devastating' impact after the Government failed to commit further investment in a fund viewed as key to net zero plans. |
Reform council announces 'once-in-a-generation' budget review
06/10/2025 The Reform UK leader of Leicestershire CC has announced a ‘once-in-a-generation' external review of its £616m yearly budget. |
Government axes cohesion fund
30/09/2025 The Government has insisted it is ‘absolutely committed to bridging the divides between our communities' despite axing a cohesion fund. |
Pension funds urged to engage with pools ahead of law change
26/09/2025 LGPS funds should engage with their pools now ahead of changes from the Pensions Schemes Bill passing into law, consultancy urges. |
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. |
