Heather Jameson

What is the cost of failure? The £9.5m cost of local government commissioners is just a drop in the ocean – a headline calculation of money paid to rescue teams...

Reorganisation frontrunner Surrey will have its 12 councils replaced by two unitaries, with £500m of Woking BC's debts written off, The MJ understands. The bailout...

  West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has warned Labour councillors that growth plans could be ‘derailed' in the event of big wins for Reform at the polls next...

The final report of the New Towns Taskforce has been delayed as part of the Government's attempts at a refresh.  It had been due to be published at an event on...

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

Now, August marks the peak of small boat crossings, with rising temperatures matched by rising political tensions. Asylum has become the story of the summer. ...

As large swathes of local government contemplate their devolved future, Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority (DTCCA) has been up and running since February....

Government commissioner Tony McArdle is to replace Max Caller heading up the intervention team at Birmingham City Council. The shift comes as Caller – the former...

Local Government Association conferences seem to be the opportunity this Government is taking to run its final policy details past their local friends before launching...

Reform UK is expected to form a political group within the Local Government Association (LGA) after its landslide victory at the polls. Under LGA rules, political...

‘Beware of experts.' It is not just the battle cry of Brexiteers, but some serious advice from an experienced council chief executive when it comes to reorganisation....

Local Government minister Jim McMahon has already ruled out giving mayors responsibility for children's and adults services as part of plans to maintain economies...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has kicked off a huge rewiring of public service reform with the launch of the devolution White Paper in Leeds.   The White...

Central government is open to a number of so-called doughnut unitaries, with some expanding to make them more sustainable as part of ministers' reorganisation shake-up,...

Local government minister Jim McMahon last week announced the six areas being taken forward on the devolution priority programme (DPP) and invited reorganisation...

Senior Whitehall officials are keen to scrap directly-elected council mayors despite a fudged commitment within the devolution White Paper, The MJ understands. ...

The launch of the English Devolution White Paper back in December fired the starting pistol on local government reorganisation, but last week saw the start of the...

More than 100 councils could be abolished by 2027 in radical plans detailed by the Government this week. The English Devolution White Paper officially fired the...

Liverpool is internationally recognised as a city of great cultural and musical heritage, but in local government terms its reputation has been mired in controversy...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has kicked off a huge rewiring of public service reform with the launch of the devolution White Paper in Leeds.   The White...