10 ways councils are making budgets go further
Discover 10 ways councils are stretching budgets further, from digital transformation and energy efficiency to community partnerships and data-driven decision-making.
EXCLUSIVE: AI set to help decide local government reorganisation
04/11/2025 Ministers have been warned AI cannot replace ‘robust' analysis, with Whitehall planning to use the technology to help decide local government reorganisation. |
Suffolk claims single unitary could lead to reduced council taxes
03/11/2025 Suffolk CC has suggested moving to a single unitary authority as part of the county's local government reorganisation could lead to reduced council taxes. |
Essex CC leaves 'bitter taste' with 'underhand' reorg move
21/10/2025 Relations between Essex local authorities have been soured after the county council spent nearly £37,000 informing residents of its preferred LGR option. |
New strategic authorities should 'embrace' disagreement
17/10/2025 Areas moving towards devolution deals have been advised to ‘embrace’ inevitable disagreement between councils and new strategic authorities. |
EXCLUSIVE: London boroughs shunning fixed-term tenancies despite housing pressures
15/10/2025 The MJ has found a majority of London councils still providing lifetime tenancies by default despite the capital's burgeoning temporary accommodation costs. |
Conservatives call for reduced affordable housing targets
07/10/2025 Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has suggested affordable housing targets for new developments should be dropped. |
Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR
10/09/2025 Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transformational' to avoid simply creating ‘bureaucratic' change. |
Essex claims three unitary reorganisation would best tackle debt crisis
10/09/2025 Essex CC has claimed its favoured three unitary model of reorganisation would best manage the county's ‘heavily indebted' local government system. |
Taskforce fails to recognise councils' key role in cohesion
27/08/2025 Ministers have been accused of failing to recognise the ‘vital role’ of councils in cohesion after deciding to limit a taskforce’s membership to mandarins. |
Employers and unions agree pay deal
24/07/2025 Local government employers and the Unison and GMB trade unions have agreed a pay deal for the sector. |
EXCLUSIVE: Government turns to councils for extra building inspector capacity
30/06/2025 The Government has turned to councils for extra building inspector capacity as high-rise housing projects continue to be dogged by regulatory hold-ups. |
Reform LGA leader nominated
27/06/2025 Reform UK has decided who the leader and deputy leader of its new Local Government Association group are set to be. |
Spending Review: £39bn funding boost for social and affordable housing
11/06/2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £39bn investment in social and affordable housing over the next 10 years in the Government's Spending Review. |
Government announces allocation of £7.6m reorganisation fund
04/06/2025 The Government has revealed how much of the £7.6m grant to support the cost of local government reorganisation each region will receive. |
LGA shake-up after Reform polls success
08/05/2025 Reform UK is expected to form a political group within the Local Government Association (LGA) after its landslide victory at the polls. |
Surrey to remain divided on unitary plans
16/04/2025 Surrey's borough and district councils have revealed the region is set to defy government requests for unity on final reorganisation proposals. |
Kensington & Chelsea launches legal action against Grenfell companies
10/04/2025 Kensington & Chelsea LBC has launched legal action worth around £360m against companies involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. |
Exclusive: Ministers set to reject social care trust plans
27/03/2025 Ministers are likely to reject plans for children’s or adult social care trusts that come as part of local government reorganisation (LGR), The MJ understands |
Spring Statement: Chancellor banks on house building adding £6.8bn to economy
26/03/2025 The Spring Statement has highlighted the benefit of housebuilding for improving public finances and focused on defence investment for regional growth. |
LGR will have 'failed' if frontline services suffer
19/03/2025 Local government reorganisation (LGR) will be judged a failure if frontline services are negatively impacted. |
