Local government reorganisation is too often framed in terms of disruption: budgets cut, organisations merged, deadlines looming. But this narrative misses a far more important truth. When done right, ...

Emma Foy is local government lead at TechnologyOne and former Section 151 officer at West Lindsey District Council ...

Journalist Christian Doherty looks at how the latest deal, part of England’s new wave of local government reorganisations, was achieved and what the two new unitary authorities will mean for Surrey.

Second cities often exist in the shadow of their capitals – underpowered, underfunded and too often underestimated. But ...

A trade union leader has attacked the decision to fund pay rises for a million public sector workers from existing departmental budgets for spelling further cuts to jobs and services.

London will continue to fall behind its global peers unless it is granted more devolved powers, a report has claimed.

Mounting debts from supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities effectively “hidden away” in council accounts could lead to nine in 10 affected authorities issuing a Section ...

Local authorities are set to face a £3bn black hole in funding temporary accommodation in the next five years.

A plan for property tax reform that would raise council tax for the top 10% of homes and raise £3bn has been unveiled by a leading think-tank.

Thousands of NHS England and integrated care board redundancies will go ahead after the Treasury agreed to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of the payments.

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