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Kirsty Weakley
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Journalist for Local Government Chronicle
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Looks like it's devo bill day today
Secretary Angela Rayner Bill to make provision about combined authorities, combined county authorities, the Greater London Authority, local councils, police and crime commissioners and fire and rescue authorities, local audit and terms in business tenancies about rent.
July 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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It is improvised air con weather in the home office 🥵
Fan with glass of ice cubes in front of it
June 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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For tonight’s LGC Briefing I wrote about the carrot and stick approach to planning reform (and overshared about my weekend)

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Opening pars to serious commentary: How did you spend your bank holiday weekend? Down to the seaside with friends? First family barbecue of summer? On the sofa with a bowl of popcorn catching up on Eurovision because you had foolishly made clashing plans the previous weekend (ok that one is probably just me)? Or maybe, like me, you paused your weekend plans to read the two planning policy documents which dropped on the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s website in the early hours of Sunday morning.
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Enjoyed my trip to Cambridge last week for a mayoral candidate debate where there were so may signs for a plant sale and not so much evidence of an election happening...

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houseplant sale poster
April 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Feel the need to announce to everyone on the train that I started this last week and need to finish soon as it’s for book club at the weekend but that I’m not some weirdo really into pope deaths…
Book: Robert Harris, Conclave
April 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Going through written submissions to the Commons' housing, communities & local government committee inquiry into council finances - and this just about sums it up
Does the funding system allow and incentivise local authorities to make sensible longterm choices about their finances and budgets, to better serve their residents? No.
February 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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It's Devo Day
written statements order paper showing one for English devolution
February 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Looks like it's local government finance settlement day
Screenshot of order paper with Local Government Finance Settlement highlighted
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Some new inspiration above my desk for 2025 💪
Picture hanging above computer of woman riding a bike with a cat on her head, dog and duck in the basket and goldfish on the back Caption: Born to be wild
January 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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One year I’ll manage to get the filling / pastry ratio spot on so they don’t explode. This is not that year
Mince pies on cooling rack. Many have filling leaking out of the sides and top
December 24, 2024 at 3:01 PM