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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.

Government insists counties hand over reorganisation data

17/03/2025

The Government has insisted district councils should be given access to data by counties to build robust cases for their unitary reorganisation plans.

East Midlands mayor suggests LGA not the right 'fit'

17/03/2025

East Midlands mayor Claire Ward has said the Local Government Association ‘might not be' the place where combined and strategic authorities ‘fit'.

Minister: 500,000 figure for unitaries an 'average'

13/03/2025

Jim McMahon has said a population size of 500,000 could end up as the ‘average' when unitary government is completed across the country.

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