New Local

Across local government, there is growing interest in neighbourhood working as a way of delivering more relational, preventative and community-powered public services.

Over the coming months, we will be sharing how councils in our network, and their partners, are putting ...

Much of the work involved in Local Government Reorganisation is understandably focused on reaching vesting day safely and successfully. Yet while creating new structures is an important milestone, it is only the beginning. Our Reorganising for Outcomes series looks at what comes next: how reorganisation can become a catalyst for redesigning services, strengthening relationshi...

Over the last decade, community power has become increasingly important to discussions about the future of public services, local government and democratic renewal. Ahead of his keynote speech at Stronger Things 2026, The Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, Secretary of Sta...

This article was first published in The MJ on 11 June 2026.

Next week, while some eyes will be on the political power struggles unfolding in Makerfield, others will be turning their attention to power of a different and, dare I say it, more important kind at Ne...