Digital Transformation, AI and Local Government: The Case for Workforce Upskilling
The new LocalGov and Multiverse report explores how workforce upskilling is driving smarter, more efficient, and inclusive local government transformation.
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
12/11/2025 Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost metropolitan local authorities £121m, finance experts say. |
Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
11/11/2025 Housing challenges are continuing at the council at the centre of the Grenfell tragedy, a Local Government Association (LGA) peer review has warned. |
Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
11/11/2025 Worcestershire CC has been handed a financial warning by auditors concerned its spending on children with special educational needs is ‘out of control'. |
Edinburgh to miss 2030 net zero target
22/10/2025 Edinburgh City Council will not meet its ambition to be net zero by 2030, according to a report discussed by councillors yesterday. |
Budget deficit warning over two unitary plan
13/10/2025 One of two unitary authorities proposed for Warwickshire amid local government reorganisation ‘would exist with a budget deficit from day one', report warns. |
GMB: Knowsley equal pay claim could cost council tens of millions of pounds
10/10/2025 Knowsley Council ‘could face tens of millions of pounds’ in equal pay claims, the GMB trade union has claimed. |
Consensus emerges over statutory climate change duty
03/10/2025 A ‘clear consensus' has emerged among councils for the sector to be subject to a statutory climate change duty, Local Government Association (LGA) has said. |
Reorganisation debt warning
16/09/2025 Ministers need to do more to ensure council debts are not a financial barrier to local government reorganisation, local authority leaders have warned. |
Cash flow warning over council tax change
15/09/2025 Plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month instalments could leave local authorities with cash flow problems, experts have warned. |
Councils prepare for battle over asylum accommodation at military sites
10/09/2025 Councils at the centre of Government plans to increase the use of former military barracks to house asylum seekers have raised concerns over the strategy. |
Local growth plans must show benefit to communities
08/09/2025 Experts have urged strategic authorities (SA) to ensure their blueprints for local growth ‘do more than pursue economic indicators'. |
EXCLUSIVE: Sector warns Government over rental crackdown
15/08/2025 Councils have privately warned they will be unable to enforce a planned toughening up of regulations on the quality of rented homes without extra funding. |
CQC: Stronger leadership needed to improve Blackpool's inadequate adult social care
11/08/2025 The Care Quality Commission has rated Blackpool Council's adult social care inadequate, warning that ‘stronger leadership' will be needed for it to improve. |
Watchdog urges councils to improve staff support
07/08/2025 Councils in Scotland have been urged by the Accounts Commission to improve staff support amid a raft of challenges impacting their wellbeing. |
Rutland leader survives no confidence vote amid reorganisation row
06/08/2025 The leader of Rutland CC has survived a no confidence vote amid concerns over the local authority's stance on reorganisation under her leadership. |
Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels
31/07/2025 The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed' to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommodation after growing public anger. |
Sunderland invests over £700,000 to support people with learning disabilities
25/07/2025 Sunderland City Council is to allocate £724,000 to help people with learning difficulties or autism carry out adaptions to their homes when they are discharged from hospital. |
Ombudsman raises concerns over councils’ handling of complaints involving children
25/07/2025 Concerns have been raised by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman over the way councils handle complaints of cases involving children. |
Epping Forest councillors urge Government to close asylum hotel
25/07/2025 Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and permanently’ close a hotel to asylum seekers after a series of violent protests at the site. |
Councils could approve driverless taxi pilots from next spring
22/07/2025 The Department for Transport (DoT) has launched a consultation around plans to allow local authorities and mayors to approve self-driving taxi service pilots in their area from next spring. |
