Beyond the Leisure Centre: How to make the case for active wellbeing investment
This special report from LocalGov and Alliance Leisure makes the case for repositioning council leisure provision as prevention infrastructure.
Council warns of fake QR code stickers on parking machines
09/07/2026 West Berkshire Council has issued a warning after fake QR code stickers were found on some of its parking machines. |
Newcastle council culture improving but 'trust issues' remain, report finds
09/07/2026 The organisational culture at Newcastle City Council has improved but ‘significant behavioural and trust issues’ still remain, according to an LGA Peer report. |
200,000 council and school staff begin voting on pay strikes
09/07/2026 Around 200,000 council and school staff across England and Wales began voting today on whether to take strike action over pay, UNISON has announced. |
Polanski calls for end to outsourcing
08/07/2026 It’s time to bring an end to wasteful outsourcing and fix the broken planning system, Green Party leader Zack Polanski told the LGA Conference. |
LGPS urged to back ‘balanced growth’ beyond London
08/07/2026 Local government minister Alison McGovern MP said the LGPS must work closely with England's strategic authorities to deliver ‘balanced growth’. |
LGA Conference: MP warns Burnham not to delay local elections again
08/07/2026 Zoe Franklin MP issued a pointed warning to Andy Burnham at the LGA Conference, warning that Labour cannot use devolution to delay local elections again. |
Casey warns social care reform needs ‘challenging conversation’
07/07/2026 Adult social care reform requires a ‘different and more challenging conversation with the country’, Baroness Louise Casey has told the LGA annual conference. |
Over half of council workers say they do not have enough staff
07/07/2026 Council employees are under sustained pressure, with more than a quarter (26%) reporting mental exhaustion by day's end, according to CSG research. |
Councils put aside £20m for local government reorganisation
07/07/2026 Seven local authorities have set aside a total of £20m to support local government reorganisation (LGR). |
Affordable rural housing at risk from planning reforms
07/07/2026 Government proposals to ease affordable housing requirements could result in half of all affordable rural housing being lost, according to the NHF. |
Westminster CC warns of £100m funding loss
06/07/2026 Westminster City Council has warned it faces losing £100m in Government funding over the next four years as a result of the new ‘fairer funding’ formula. |
Council launches safeguarding enquiry after crocodile attack
06/07/2026 Norfolk County Council has launched a Section 42 safeguarding enquiry into the care of a man arrested after a toddler was injured in a crocodile enclosure. |
Ofsted sets out plans to crackdown on unregistered children's homes
03/07/2026 Ofsted has outlined a new approach to tackling the sharp growth in unregistered children's homes. |
Biodiversity rule changes could unlock London homes, think tank says
03/07/2026 Scrapping Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements for London brownfield sites could unlock hundreds of thousands of new homes in the capital, study claims. |
Pubs get green light for late-night England v Mexico match
03/07/2026 Communities Secretary Steve Reed is writing to council leaders to confirm pubs and bars will be allowed to stay open until 5am on Monday for the World Cup. |
Council chiefs urge next PM to close £7bn funding gap
03/07/2026 The LGA is calling on the next PM to lay out a new path for local services that is not reliant on council tax rises and short-term fixes. |
Council leaders demand review of ‘MegaShed’ planning law
02/07/2026 The leaders of all three political groups on South Gloucestershire Council have called for urgent reform of historical planning consents. |
Think tank calls for more devolution and digitisation to fix public services
02/07/2026 Decentralising responsibility to local areas while widening access through digital tools should be at the heart of public service reform, ThinkLabour argues. |
Housebuilding falls in half of England's council areas
02/07/2026 New analysis has found that half (51.8%) of local authorities in England are building fewer homes than they were five years ago. |
Low allowances a barrier to new councillors
02/07/2026 Councillors' allowances are blighted by regional disparities, are failing to keep pace with inflation and do not cover the demands of the role, study shows. |
