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Are boroughs doing enough to fix London's housing crisis?
HOUSING

Are boroughs doing enough to fix London's housing crisis?

By Paul Marinko | 15 October 2025

Most London boroughs continue to provide council housing on lifetime tenancies, despite having the ability to offer fixed term agreements. With critics arguing the approach is unfair Paul Marinko i...

FINANCE

Telling a stronger story about growth

By Jon Rowney | 24 September 2025

As leaders of place, local councils are uniquely positioned to steward economic growth that is in...

HOUSING

Warmer Homes London: A blueprint for greener, healthier, and fairer communities

By Brenda Dacres | 10 September 2025

Mete Coban and Brenda Dacres explain how Warmer Homes London is uniting boroughs, housing provide...

LEADERSHIP

Turning building connections into a corporate strength

By Alison Griffin | 22 August 2025

Alison Griffin says now is a great time to empower her corporate management team and others aroun...

FINANCE

Calls for fair funding tax flexibility

By Martin Ford | 22 August 2025

The Government has been urged to lift the council tax referendum limit to help local authorities ...

FINANCE

Shifting the presssure

By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025

With consultation set to close on the fair funding review, Martin Ford looks at the challenges fa...

FAIR FUNDING

Fears fair funding could trigger section 114 notices

By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025

Fears councils may be forced into issuing section 114 notices by the fair funding review have bee...

CENTRE FOR CITIES

A time for celebration

By Cllr James Lewis | 06 August 2025

Cllr James Lewis looks back on three decades of collaboration between Core Cities and London Coun...

FINANCE

'Serious issues' over fair funding formula

By Martin Ford | 01 August 2025

A key part of the proposed Fair Funding formula must be removed due to ‘serious issues’, London C...

FUNDING

London to be 'short-changed' by funding review

By Martin Ford | 09 July 2025

Inner London boroughs could see their funding slashed by more than a quarter as a result of the f...

DEVOLUTION

London remade

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2025

London has a golden opportunity to reset and reform the relationship between its boroughs and the...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Head of Legal and Governance

£92,948-£104,310 plus £6,500 Leadership Allowance and £5,000 Statutory Officer Allowance

Elmbridge is a vibrant borough, celebrated for its green spaces, bustling high streets and welcoming villages. Apply for this job

Elmbridge Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

up to salary max £121,445 per annum

We are now seeking a Director of Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer to play a pivotal role Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council