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Your thoughts? The government have announced that they are minded to move the election from May 2026 to May 2028. This election is being held because Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council applied to be part of the Government's Priority Programme for Devolution. This involves the creation of a new Combined County Authority covering both areas. The Combined County Authority will be led by the elected Mayor. The new authority will not replace local councils. Instead, it will act as a strategic authority, sitting between local councils and national government. Its purpose will be to handle key areas at a strategic level.

The Governemnt has announced that it's scrapping the Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill. The reason given is to reduce costs on firms. This programme of refrom has been in the pipeline and kicked into the long grass several times, since the collapse of the big construction company Carillion in 2018. It took thousands of small construction firms with it and the ripples reached out as far as small micro businesses on the sidelines like cafes. This isn't good news and leaves gaps which could mean that future corporate failures have a similar impact. Cutting red tape to boost the growth agenda has consequences and there will be losers.