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.
Councillors ‘violently intimidated and pelted with eggs’ at refugee debate
12/12/2025 Councillors at Swale Borough Council were threatened and pelted with eggs by balaclava wearing protesters from the public gallery as they debated whether to recognise the area as a place of sanctuary for refugees and asylum seekers. |
Councils to be handed free school money to deliver SEND places
12/12/2025 Councils will be given funding earmarked for the creation of free schools to deliver specialist places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). |
Campaigners urge councils to stop using reindeer at Christmas events
11/12/2025 Animal welfare charities and campaigners, including the RSPCA, are urging councils to stop using reindeer in their Christmas events. |
Government announces £500m plan to improve youth services
10/12/2025 A £500m backed strategy to improve youth services over the next decade has been launched by the Government. |
Council leader embroiled in social media posting scandal resigns
10/12/2025 A Reform UK council leader accused of posting racist comments on social media has resigned. |
Birmingham signs ‘historic’ equal pay deal with unions
10/12/2025 Thousands of Birmingham City Council women workers will today find out how much they will receive from an equal payout offer agreed between unions and the local authority. |
Devolution Bill attacked by peers
09/12/2025 The Government’s devolution agenda risks ‘leaving communities without a meaningful voice’, Local Government Association vice president Baroness Scott has warned. |
Most vulnerable families missing out on benefits of council run holiday schemes
09/12/2025 Councils are concerned that the most vulnerable families are missing out on benefits of their holiday activity and food (HAF) schemes for low-income families. |
Councillors donate to crowdfunder supporting jailed colleague
09/12/2025 Councillors, including the leader of Somerset Council, have donated to a crowdfunder to help meet the legal costs of a colleague who has been jailed for taking part in a Just Stop Oil protest. |
Council faces £2m deficit due to ‘continuing housing crisis’
09/12/2025 Worthing Borough Council says pressure meeting a ‘continuing housing crisis’ in the area means it is facing a £2.1m budget deficit this year, forcing it to ask the Government for emergency financial support. |
Further evidence emerges around councils’ early years underspend
08/12/2025 Further evidence has emerged that councils are either holding back or diverting money that is earmarked for the early years sector. |
Three combined authorities receive £500,000 each to tackle educational inequality
08/12/2025 Three mayoral combined authorities are to receive £500,000 each to find ways locally to tackle inequality among children. |
Grey belt countryside warning
08/12/2025 Almost nine in 10 grey belt developments approved by the Government rather than councils over the last year involve ‘unspoilt rural landscapes’, countryside campaigners have warned. |
Government announces £3bn funding for councils to improve bus services
05/12/2025 The Government has announced £3bn funding to support local authorities to improve bus services. |
Councils must tell schools and GPs about homeless children, says Government strategy
05/12/2025 The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy includes a new legal duty on councils to ensure they notify schools, GPs and health visitors when a child’s family is made homeless and placed in temporary accommodation. |
Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation
05/12/2025 Councils fear a backlash from far-right activists if responsibility for housing asylum seekers was moved to them from the Home Office, research has found. |
Government confirms mayoral election delays in four areas
04/12/2025 The Government has confirmed that it will be pushing back elections for mayors in four new strategic authorities by two years. |
‘Racist and bigoted’ social media posting claims spark probe into Reform council leader
04/12/2025 Reform UK has launched an investigation into the social media activity of Staffordshire County Council leader Ian Cooper amid allegations he posted racist comments online. |
Government urged to fully fund recruitment of family hub SEND practitioners
04/12/2025 Government needs to ensure its call for councils to recruit dedicated special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) practitioners in family support hubs is fully funded, warns the Local Government Association (LGA). |
Councils set for winter surge in demand for food bank support
03/12/2025 Councils are set for a surge in demand from residents for information about food bank support this winter, latest figures from the charity Trussell indicate. |
