Alongside changes to policy, councils led by Reform UK have renamed a range of services, committees, strategies, funds, plans and post titles.
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Parenting Panel | Durham Family Panel | scrutiny panel 28 November 2025 | “the successful renaming of the Corporate Parenting Panel to the Durham Family Panel” source ↗ |
| Corporate Parenting Strategy | Durham Family Strategy | strategy 8 May 2026 | “the Corporate Parenting Strategy was renamed the ‘Durham Family Strategy’” source ↗ |
| Household Support Fund & Discretionary Housing Payments Scheme | Crisis and Resilience Fund | welfare fund from April 2026 | “the Household Support Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments Scheme (to be renamed as the Crisis and Resilience Fund from April 2026)” source ↗ |
| Neighbourhoods and Climate Change | Neighbourhoods and Environment | service / directorate name October 2025 – May 2026 | “changed to reflect the new title of Neighbourhoods and Environment” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| LoveCleanStreets App | Lancashire Report It App | reporting app 23 October 2025 | “The rebranded Lovecleanstreets App would be launched in February 2026 as the Lancashire Report It App” source ↗ |
| Cabinet Working Group for Museums | Cabinet Working Group for Culture | cabinet working group 22 January 2026 | “including the renaming of it to the Cabinet Working Group for Culture” source ↗ |
| Transport Asset Management Plan | Highways Asset Management Plan for Lancashire | asset plan 27 November 2025 | “produce a strategy rebranded as the Highways Asset Management Plan for Lancashire” source ↗ |
| Planning Advice Service | Lead Local Flood Authority Advice Service | advice service 27 November 2025 | “An updated and renamed 'Lead Local Flood Authority Advice Service' be established” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transformation Programme | Better Leicestershire Programme | transformation programme 26 May 2026 | “the revised Transformation Programme … be approved and re-named the Better Leicestershire Programme” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Master Programme | Environmental Policy | work-programme item 7 November 2025 | “the Green Master Programme had been renamed Environmental Policy” source ↗ |
| Streets Design Code | Better Streets for Lincolnshire | design project 27 March 2026 | “the Streets Design Code project, now titled Better Streets for Lincolnshire” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member Empowerment Fund | Ward Member Empowerment Fund | councillor grants fund 17 June 2025 | “Renaming the policy to Ward Member Empowerment Fund to reflect a Ward-Based approach” source ↗ |
| Community equipment service | Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) | equipment service 9 September 2025 | “Rename the service to the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS)” source ↗ |
| Tenant Advisory Group | Tenant Assurance Group (TAG) | tenant body 20 November 2025 | “We are now known as Tenant Assurance Group (TAG)” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community equipment service | Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) | equipment service (shared with North Northamptonshire) 18 September 2025 | “Rename the service to the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS)” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highways Transformation Programme | Staffordshire Highways: Roadmap to a better road network | work-programme item 17 November 2025 | “Work programme item renamed (previously entitled, “Highways Transformation Programme”)” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hero's Garden | Willow House | children's home 22 January 2026 | “Hero’s Garden has been renamed as Willow House” source ↗ |
| Council Plan priority “communities and environment” | “proud places and safe communities” | Council Plan focus area 11 May 2026 | “this focus area had been renamed “proud places and safe communities” in the Plan, removing explicit reference to the environment” source ↗ |
| Council Plan objective “being a great employer” | “delivering excellence” | Council Plan objective 11 May 2026 | “the objective of “being a great employer” had been replaced with “delivering excellence”” source ↗ |
| Home to School Transport Policy | Children's and Young People's Travel Assistance policy | policy 16 October 2025 | “the Council’s Children’s and Young People’s Travel Assistance policy, formerly known as the Home to School Transport Policy” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) post titles | renamed (mappings in the report) | senior officer post titles 12 February 2026, Full Council | “Resolved: Part 1: Renaming of Corporate Leadership (CLT) Post Titles” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic risk register | Corporate Risk Register | risk register September 2025 | “A full refresh of the strategic risk register (to be known as the Corporate Risk Register)” source ↗ |
| Vice Civic Chairman | Vice Chairman | civic office title constitution update | “all references to “Vice Civic Chairman” are removed and replaced with “Vice Chairman” in all parts of the Constitution” source ↗ |
| Risk “Ineffective organisational change management” | “Cultural change does not keep pace with transformation” | corporate risk wording 27 January 2026 | “retitled from ‘Ineffective organisational change management’ in 2025-26 Q3” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Board | Health & Wellbeing Board | board 20 May 2026 | “Terms of Reference for a Health & Wellbeing Board (formerly known as People’s Board)” source ↗ |
| Original | New | What / when | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appointments Panel | Employment Committee | committee 2026/27 constitution | “Renamed Committees as follows: … Appointments Panel → Employment Committee” source ↗ |
| Children's, Families and Education (Scrutiny) | Children, Education and Skills | scrutiny committee 2026/27 constitution | “Renamed Committees as follows: … Children’s, Families and Education → Children, Education and Skills” source ↗ |
| Council | Proposed change | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Durham County Council | Anti-poverty strategy → “Financially Resilient Communities Strategy 2026–2030” out to public consultation; the case made is that the term “poverty” carries stigma | “consideration will also be given to the potential renaming of the strategy, recognising that the term “poverty” can carry stigma” source ↗ |
| North Northamptonshire Council | Corporate Plan → (new name to be decided) proposal welcomed at Executive | “welcomed the proposal to change the name of the Corporate Plan” source ↗ |
| Lincolnshire County Council | Lincoln Museum → “Lincoln and County Museum” / “Lincoln County Museum” committee suggestion (name felt too Lincoln-centric) | “the museum should be renamed “Lincoln and County Museum” or “Lincoln County Museum” to avoid confusion” source ↗ |