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29 Oct 2026

Healthwatch abolition reversed

The Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced that Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch will no longer be abolished, and will instead be strengthened. The independent and…[more...]

29 Oct 2026

Data centres covenant

The Chancellor has announced a new British data centre 'covenant' that will set out conditions for the construction of new data centres. It includes requirements for… [more...]

29 Oct 2026

April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation

Ministers have insisted Whitehall is ‘committed to seeing local government reorganisation through' as they announced an April 2029 vesting day for 20 areas. [more...]

29 Oct 2026

Local Government Reorganisation moves forward in five counties

The five areas where the Government is minded to proceed are:
• In East Sussex and Brighton and Hove, the two unitary proposal including boundary… [more...]

28 Oct 2026

Budget: Announcements and reaction as it happened

Chancellor John Healey is due to deliver his first Budget this lunchtime, LGC’s live blog will bring you the latest news, reaction and analysis of what… [more...]