Slicing districts could slow  LGR for fast-track areas

Slicing districts could slow LGR for fast-track areas

By By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 13 February 2025

Cutting across district boundaries to make new unitaries could create a backlog of legislation an...

Elected council mayors could be 'discontinued'

By Heather Jameson | 13 February 2025

Senior Whitehall officials are keen to scrap directly-elected council mayors despite a fudged com...

BCP chief executive announces retirement

By Martin Ford | 13 February 2025

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council chief executive Graham Farrant has announced he...

Call for reorganisation support

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025

A senior sector figure has called for the Local Government Association (LGA) and Whitehall to off...

LGA: Reorganisation won't halt peer reviews

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025

Peer reviews will not be paused during reorganisation, the Local Government Association (LGA) has...

frederica-diamanta

Solent Mitigation Partnership Manager (permanent)

£61,635 - £70,765 per annum

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Fareham Borough Council

Assistant Director of Finance (Deputy S151 Officer)

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Stevenage Borough Council

Electoral Services Manager

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Royal Borough of Greenwich

frederica-diamanta

Solent Mitigation Partnership Manager (permanent)

£61,635 - £70,765 per annum

Would you like to take on a challenging and exciting new role to lead an ambitious programme of environmental mitigation. Apply for this job

Fareham Borough Council

Assistant Director of Finance (Deputy S151 Officer)

Up to £95,500

Are you ready to shape the financial future of a council that makes things happen? Apply for this job

Stevenage Borough Council

Electoral Services Manager

£50,574 - £53,607

We are seeking a highly organised, flexible individual with significant experience managing election teams. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Heather Jameson

The deal with devo

'Heather Jameson looks at the areas that will get devolution deals, but finds that the real story tucked behind the announcement of postponed elections may concern those that were left out'

11 February 2025
Housing: This time it's personal

Housing: This time it's personal

'Martin Ford sat down with the Housing, Communities and Local Government committee’s new chair Florence Eshalomi to look ahead at what promises to be a packed Parliamentary agenda'

By Martin Ford | 12 February 2025
Shifting the dial on diversity

Shifting the dial on diversity

By Jess Gibbons | 12 February 2025

Brighton & Hove City Council has made huge progress on inclusion, but the work isn’t finished yet...

The way to shape better futures

By Nigel Minns | 11 February 2025

Warwickshire’s participation in the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme has provided...

Transforming the world one run at a time

By Lisa McNally | 10 February 2025

Parkrun generates tangible health, wellbeing and economic benefits in Worcestershire without the ...

Former MP calls for national public inquiry after 'clearly inadequate' Prevent review

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025

A review of the handling by a counter-terrorism programme of MP Sir David Amess’ killer failed to...

Southport attack report highlights 'serious issues' with Prevent

By William Eichler | 27 January 2025

A Whitehall probe into the handling of Axel Rudakubana before he carried out the Southport attack...

Government seeks Prevent programme 'answers' after Southport attack

By Martin Ford | 21 January 2025

Reforms to the Prevent programme are to be unveiled this week ahead of a public inquiry looking a...