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.
Government boosts incentive for councils to build homes
28/01/2026 Councils are to be freed up to build and manage up to 1,000 homes without having to open a Housing Revenue Account (HRA). |
Reform council facing challenge of beginning from 'standing start'
21/01/2026 Durham CC’s adaptation to future challenges could be delayed due to the Reform UK leadership beginning from a ‘standing start’, a peer challenge concludes. |
Tensions rise over out of area placements
14/01/2026 Council relations have strained over housing placements, with some authorities accused of ‘cleansing themselves’ of challenges and ‘exporting’ ‘more complex’ cases outside their area. |
Housing targets could be reduced for new town areas
13/01/2026 The Government has indicated councils’ housing targets could be reduced if planned new towns are placed in the area. |
Birmingham faces MP criticism surrounding football fan ban
07/01/2026 MPs have accused Birmingham CC of providing a ‘biased picture’ surrounding the decision to ban Israeli football fans from a match against Aston Villa. |
Housing approvals drop in final quarter of 2025
06/01/2026 New data has revealed the number of housing projects granted approval dropped by 17% in the last three months of 2025. |
Union warns of more equal pay claims as payouts rise above £1bn
02/01/2026 The GMB has revealed it plans to launch 10,000 new equal pay claims across five more councils alongside 40,000 outstanding actions at 28 authorities. |
Hertfordshire cabinets defy full council on reorganisation
01/12/2025 A trio of Hertfordshire districts have submitted reorganisation proposals that defy the decisions of their full councils. |
Budget: Councils to be impacted by minimum wage and threshold freeze
26/11/2025 Councils, along with other employers, will be impacted by the chancellor's decision to increase the minimum wage and freeze national insurance tax thresholds. |
Lambeth to house more families out of area
25/11/2025 Lambeth LBC is proposing to house more people further out of the borough as housing pressures in London worsen. |
Devo Bill amendments to protect councillors' addresses
24/11/2025 Ministers have acted upon Conservative calls to table amendments to the Devo Bill so councillors' addresses do not have to be published. |
Labour refuses to use devo Bill to protect councillors' addresses
13/11/2025 The Government has rejected a plea to use the devolution Bill to remove the requirement for councillors to publish their home addresses. |
Welsh councils 'very close' to issuing s114 notices
11/11/2025 Wales' outgoing auditor general has said some of the country's councils are ‘very close' to issuing section 114 notices. |
Ministers urged to synchronise reorganisation and mayoral timetables
11/11/2025 Hertfordshire CC's leader has written to ministers calling for moves toward a mayoral strategic authority to progress on the same timeline as reorganisation. |
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. |
