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Farage says Reform 'facing obstructionism'
21/07/2025 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused some council officials of obstructing the work of his councillors. |
Councils back three mainland unitaries
21/07/2025 Hampshire CC and East Hampshire DC have backed three unitary mainland councils, with the Isle of Wight remaining as a standalone authority. |
EXCLUSIVE: Crawley ponders legal response to unitary dismissal
17/07/2025 Crawley BC is considering its next steps, including a potential judicial review, after local government minister Jim McMahon dismissed its proposal for a cross-county unitary. |
EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'
17/07/2025 Ministers have been warned against imposing more top-down performance indicators after it emerged millions was spent before the watchdog was scrapped. |
Employers double down on pay offer
16/07/2025 Council employers have unanimously reaffirmed their April offer of a 3.2% pay increase as ‘full and final' despite unions urging them to better their proposal. |
Lewes leader vows to fight Brighton takeover plan
14/07/2025 Lewes DC's leader has vowed to fight a Brighton & Hove City Council proposal to take over parts of her district under reorganisation plans. |
Reform's Kent finds 'millions of pounds' of savings
11/07/2025 Kent CC's Department for Local Government Efficiency (DOLGE) has identified ‘millions of pounds worth of potential savings', leader Linden Kemkaran claims. |
Devo Bill to reintroduce supplementary vote in blow to Reform
10/07/2025 The supplementary vote system will be reintroduced to elect mayors in a move that is expected to reduce the chances of success for Reform UK. |
Three Essex unitaries 'strikes right balance'
07/07/2025 Three unitary councils ‘strikes the right balance' for Essex, the leader of the county council, Kevin Bentley, has said. |
Experts call for slice of AI cash
02/07/2025 Councils should get a share of the £2bn announced for artificial intelligence (AI) in the Spending Review, experts have suggested. |
Chief executive defies leader's flag order
01/07/2025 Warwickshire CC's chief executive has refused a request from the 18-year-old Reform UK leader of her council to remove a Pride flag from County Hall. |
Legal warning over Reform's pension plans
26/06/2025 A legal expert has warned Reform UK councils will not be able to slash local authority pensions. |
Council warns Government plan would force £95m savings
26/06/2025 Croydon LBC would have to deliver the ‘highest level of service cuts made by one council in one year in the country’ under Government plans, the council has claimed. |
McMahon: No intention to delay reorganisation
25/06/2025 The Government has ‘no intention to delay at all the local government reorganisation process', minister Jim McMahon has said. |
McMahon: Government will abolish council committee system
24/06/2025 The Government has announced plans to legislate to abolish the committee system. |
Facing the future
19/06/2025 The District Councils' Network (DCN) is to use next month's Local Government Association (LGA) conference in Liverpool to discuss its future with the sector. |
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’. |
