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Keeping local audit on the agenda

24/09/2025

Local audit reforms risk being overshadowed by devolution and reorganisation. Why proper scrutiny is vital to protect accountability and public trust.

Council launches consultation on new town and parish councils

24/09/2025

Charnwood Borough Council has launched consultations on proposals to establish new town and parish councils.

West Sussex backs single unitary model

24/09/2025

West Sussex County Council has chosen a single unitary authority covering the entire county as its preferred model for local government reorganisation (LGR).

Reorganisation threat to district services

23/09/2025

Services provided by district councils must not become an early casualty of local government reorganisation, a new report has warned.

Portsmouth expected to reject reorganisation

18/09/2025

Portsmouth City Council is expected to formally reject local government reorganisation at a meeting next week, telling ministers to leave the authority alone.

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.

Council considers two-unitary plan for Staffordshire

10/09/2025

A new plan under review at Staffordshire CC could split the county into two unitary authorities as part of the local government reorganisation programme.

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.

Councils seek legal advice amid reorganisation confusion

09/09/2025

Councils facing boundary changes as part of local government reorganisation are seeking legal advice to clarify what proposals they can put forward.

Hampshire plans 'will save £63m'

04/09/2025

Twelve of Hampshire's 15 authorities have backed three different five-unitary reorganisation proposals which they claim would save more than £63m annually.

Government skipped own cost review of council mergers

29/08/2025

The Government did not conduct its own assessment of the costs of local government reorganisation, the BBC has revealed.

Reform UK council leader bans local newspaper

29/08/2025

The Reform UK leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has banned a local newspaper from contacting him or his councillors following a row over reporting.

Devolution Revolution: Solving the Data Deficit

19/08/2025

Jonathan Marwood, Partner at Hartnell Taylor Cook, explains why robust real estate data is essential for devolution, housing delivery, and regeneration.

Proposals for four unitary authorities in Kent published

14/08/2025

Medway Council has published its local government reorganisation proposal for four unitary authorities covering Kent and Medway.

Gov reluctant to interfere with successful strategic authority boundaries

14/08/2025

The Government has suggested it will not want to rip up existing strategic authority boundaries where the organisations are ‘working well'.

Council accused of offering ‘freebies’ in devolution bid

13/08/2025

Oxford City Council has been accused of handing out ‘freebies’ to win support for its local government reorganisation plans.

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument

12/08/2025

Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents to back their favoured reorganisation proposal.

What Council Unitarisation Means for Neighbourhood Services

12/08/2025

APSE’s guidance on safeguarding neighbourhood services, aligning working practices, and planning efficiencies during local government reorganisation.

Suffolk council leaders publish reorganisation proposals

08/08/2025

Suffolk's lower tier councils have published local government reorganisation proposals for three unitary authorities despite claims they are ‘unworkable’.

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Keeping local audit on the agenda

Local audit reforms risk being overshadowed by devolution and reorganisation. Why proper scrutiny is vital to protect accountability and public trust.
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