LocalGov to partner with LATCo Conference 2026
LocalGov confirmed as the official media partner for the LATCo Conference & Exhibition 2026, supporting the event in highlighting innovation and best practice.
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. |
Homelessness minister quits to avoid becoming 'distraction'
08/08/2025 Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has quit the Government following allegations she evicted tenants from her property and then raised the rent by hundreds of pounds. |
Not zero: Core cities admit they will fail to hit ambitious climate targets
08/08/2025 Core cities have called for billions of pounds of investment to transition to net zero after admitting they will fail to hit their ambitious targets. |
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce
06/08/2025 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has created a taskforce to understand drivers behind decline in community cohesion, The MJ has learnt. |
Fire and rehire advice behind director's suspension
04/08/2025 A dispute over a controversial fire and rehire tactic is at the centre of the suspension of a Worcestershire CC director, it is understood. |
