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Ministers propose cancelling Surrey CC elections again

17/06/2025

Ministers have proposed cancelling Surrey CC elections for a second year as they launched a consultation on reorganisation options for the county.

Think-tank calls for Glasgow mayor

16/06/2025

Glasgow is at risk of falling behind England’s cities unless it receives a devolution deal and a directly elected city region mayor, Centre for Cities warns.

Hollinrake warning over DOGE request

13/06/2025

Requests for data by Reform UK’s DOGE unit are a ‘cyber-security disaster waiting to happen’, shadow levelling up secretary Kevin Hollinrake has warned information commissioner John Edwards.

Minister suggests commissioners needed for Croydon

13/06/2025

Minister Jim McMahon has suggested escalating Croydon LBC’s statutory intervention to a commissioner-led model to ensure it can ‘achieve sustained change at the pace needed’.

Crawley pauses on West Sussex reorganisation

11/06/2025

West Sussex’s Crawley BC will wait for ministers to decide on Surrey’s reorganisation proposals before giving any views on unitarisation in its own county, The MJ understands.

Spending Review: Green Book reforms revealed

11/06/2025

The Treasury has announced reforms to guidance that provides a framework for how public sector organisations evaluate policies, programmes and projects.

Reorganisation savings warning

10/06/2025

The most senior district councillor in the country has warned it could take up to a decade before savings from local government reorganisation are achieved.

AI use increases but barriers remain

10/06/2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) use among councils is increasing, but one in 10 are still not using any forms of the technology, a survey has found.

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry equal pay bill could be more than £30m

05/06/2025

Coventry City Council could face an equal pay bill of more than £30m, The MJ understands.

Unions demand pay talks

29/05/2025

A union boss has called for employers to come to the negotiating table as they accused bosses of ‘undermining' their collective bargaining agreement.

EXCLUSIVE: LGA tells councils to hold fire on grooming response

22/05/2025

The Local Government Association has urged councils not to respond to a request from a private inquiry into grooming gangs as it considers the implications.

EXCLUSIVE: Push for local PACs slows amid Whitehall scepticism

16/05/2025

Support for establishing local versions of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) across England is softening as the Government ponders whether to push the idea.

Council plans further Exceptional Financial Support bid

15/05/2025

Windsor & Maidenhead BC will need to agree a package of Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) with the Government for next year, it has announced.

Trial dates fixed for Liverpool City Council corruption case

28/04/2025

Trial dates have been fixed for two senior officers charged as part of an investigation into Liverpool City Council corruption.

LGA updates business plan amid reorganisation shake-up

09/04/2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) is working on a new business plan as mayors increasingly reject its advances.

EXCLUSIVE: Rayner drops Brum inquiry plan

09/04/2025

Angela Rayner has dropped plans for a statutory inquiry that would have investigated Labour-run Birmingham City Council's failed rollout of an IT system.

MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements

04/04/2025

Engagement between the UK Government and councils has generally improved since Labour's General Election win, The MJ has been told.

EXCLUSIVE: Sector bodies decline to join legal challenge

03/04/2025

County Councils Network and Rural Services Network will not financially support legal action over axing of the £100m rural services grant, The MJ understands.

Whitehall dismisses Homes England cull reports

02/04/2025

Reports the Government plans to abolish Homes England as part of a cull of quangos have been dismissed by Whitehall.

EXCLUSIVE: Auditors look into chief's £327k payoff

02/04/2025

Auditors are assessing an objection to Thanet DC's accounts after an ex-councillor said they should declare a £327k payment to its former boss ‘unlawful'.

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