Dan Peters
@DanatTheMJ
News editor at #localgov magazine @themjcouk. Tell me your news and views. [email protected]. DMs open.
The president of @ADCStweets, Rachael Wardell, warns that #localgov reorganisation could put the delivery of better services for children and families at risk - themj.co.uk/lgr-service-im…
.@cabinetofficeuk announces innovation squads to work with councils in 10 areas to redesign public services by testing new solutions and redesigning services as part of a £100m test, learn and grow programme - themj.co.uk/councils-set-r… #localgov

Councillors have voted to approve the appointment of Emma Alexander as the next chief executive of @TamesideCouncil, with Alexander, currently chief executive of @Derbyshirecc, expected to replace interim chief Harry Catherall in November - themj.co.uk/tameside-appoi… #localgov
The annual report from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) finds council overspends for the year to March totalling around £774m, the highest figure for at least a decade - themj.co.uk/care-preventio… #localgov
A survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services finds that councils in England recorded their highest social care overspend in a decade - £774m by March 2025 - themj.co.uk/care-preventio… #localgov

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has been published - themj.co.uk/devo-reintrodu… #localgov

The Government unveils the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, promising a major shift in power from Westminster to regions - themj.co.uk/devo-reintrodu… #localgov

To drive-up living standards far and wide we need a local government system which works for every community. Through our unitarisation reforms, we are delivering clearer lines of accountability, improved frontline public service delivery, and a more sustainable footing for local…
Talks between @BhamCityCouncil and @unitetheunion to resolve the city's ongoing bin strike have collapsed, with the local authority announcing it is ending negotiations - themj.co.uk/unite-hits-lab… #localgov

Read Piali Das Gupta on how to relieve the pressure on public finances - themj.co.uk/relieving-pres… #localgov

Deputy Prime Minister @AngelaRayner has hailed Hill Dickinson Stadium as “the foundation for the regeneration of North Liverpool”. More: evertonfc.com/news/2025/july…
The Leader of kent County Council has written to the Home Secretary about funding for unaccompanied asylum seeking children loom.ly/LvlL7Ls
The Government details proposed legislation to reform Right to Buy, which could increase the qualifying period for tenants to buy their property from three to 10 years and exempt newly built social homes for 35 years - themj.co.uk/pennycook-conf… #localgov

Writing during the @LGANews’s annual conference in Liverpool, @weezegee reflects on the Government’s key announcements and says #localgov leaders need to have a defined and meaningful role in future governance structures as part of reorganisation - themj.co.uk/proud-serve-se…

Have they learnt nothing? Centralised, top-down, imposed targets - again? 80% of improvements come from below. Bottom-up. Time they learnt how to co-operate rather than dictate?
.@AngelaRayner launches the Government's new Local Government Outcomes Framework at @LGANews' annual conference - detailing expectations that @mhclg expects to work with #localgov towards 15 outcomes - themj.co.uk/rayner-bid-pur… #localgov

Our new Social and Affordable Homes Programme will give registered providers a decade of certainty over the capital funding they will have available to build new, more ambitious housing development projects.
Great @LGAcomms #LGAConf25 in glorious Liverpool ☀️ Councillors across the country work tirelessly to make difference to the communities they serve, and they deserve a government who works with them in partnership. They have it with us. New freedoms, fair funding, red tape…
.@AngelaRayner is expected to ‘cut bureaucracy and red tape’ by announcing that councils' statutory duties are to be reviewed and merging funding pots - themj.co.uk/rayner-bid-pur… #localgov

Boosting the supply of social rented homes has always been a priority for @AngelaRayner and me. We are today announcing that 60% of our 10-year £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme will be for Social Rent.