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HOUSING
Councils fail to collect quarter of rogue landlord fines
By Dan Peters | 06 March 2026
Councils have collected just a quarter of the total fines issued to rogue landlords, data has shown.
LEGAL
Professional body for monitoring officers to be launched this month
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 06 November 2025
Launch of professional body for monitoring officers will add to those already established for chi...
LEADERSHIP
Lessons from private and public sector leadership crossover
By Jes Ladva | 04 November 2025
Ensuring a leadership flow between the private and public sectors is one way to maximise the valu...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation contracts reach £3.4m
By Martin Ford | 04 September 2025
Councils have awarded contracts worth £3.4m since the start of the year as part of local governme...
PRIVATE SECTOR
Jones: Private sector to examine Whitehall efficiency
13 January 2025
Private sector ‘experts’ could be drafted into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gov...
SEND
Bumper profits for SEN private providers
By Paul Marinko | 02 January 2025
Revenue at privately-run special schools has reportedly soared as councils continue to battle to ...
RECRUITMENT
How to partner with the right recruiter
By Philip Foster | 04 June 2024
Philip Foster offers some practical advice to local authorities on how to partner with the right ...
LEISURE
Procuring an Active Wellbeing Partnership
By Duncan Wood-Allum | 23 April 2024
Pivoting from traditional leisure services to focusing on active wellbeing can help build the lon...
LEGAL
Future Forum: Call for councils to be 'brave' in contract negotiations
By Paul Marinko | 21 March 2024
Councils need to be ‘braver’ and ‘bolder’ in their conversations with private service providers, ...
PLANNING
Commission proposes plan for private sector to unblock planning system
By Paul Marinko | 29 February 2024
A report has called for the private sector to invest in a ‘pipeline fund’ aimed at clearing the p...
LEISURE
Preparing for procuring a new leisure partnership – key learning
31 January 2024
Leading consultancy SLC shares insights from recent successful leisure services procurement exerc...
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Director of People & Organisational Development
Up to £120,000 per annum
Design the people foundations of a new organisation before they become someone else’s legacy. Apply for this job
Director of Law, Governance & Compliance (Monitoring Officer)
c£120,000
Design how a new strategic authority governs itself, then lead it into its first mayoral term. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance and Investment (S73 Officer)
c£140,000
Build the investment capability of a new strategic authority, then lead its finances into its first mayoral term. Apply for this job
- April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
- Budget 2026: Chancellor confirms £285m Good Growth funding
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