Local Government Chronicle20h
‘Unexceptional’ financial support worth £1.4bn next year
Ministers have granted councils £1.4bn through the exceptional financial support programme for 2025-26, including to 13 that ...
Local Government Chronicle20h
Birmingham’s IT system implementation had ‘fundamental weaknesses’
Birmingham City Council is "unlikely" to have a fully functioning finance system until 2026, according to a public interest ...
Local Government Chronicle20h
Strategic authority chiefs ‘should be regional, national, international players’
There will be a growing separation between the roles of unitary and strategic authority chief executives under the government ...
Local Government Chronicle20h
City unitary proposes merging with two districts
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has proposed a new North Staffordshire unitary, which could pave the way for joining a combined ...
Local Government Chronicle20h
Thirty councils set to get exceptional financial support
Barnet LBC, Halton BC and Worcestershire CC are among 30 councils that have been given exceptional financial support for 2025 ...