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The Recovery Grant: a vital tool to rebuild local communities
SIGOMA

The Recovery Grant: a vital tool to rebuild local communities

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 November 2025

Overall, the Government’s local government finance reforms appear to be a positive step forward on the path to a fairer future for councils, says Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton.

BUDGET 2025

Budget: Reeves commits to homelessness review

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to a review of homelessness service funding.

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision

By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025

Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...

PAY

Budget: Councils to be impacted by minimum wage and threshold freeze

By Paul Marinko | 26 November 2025

Councils, along with other employers, will be impacted by the chancellor’s decision to increase t...

BUDGET 2025

Budget: Government to fund SEND

By Heather Jameson | 26 November 2025

Government will fully fund Special Educational Needs and Disabilities from 2028-29, cutting one o...

BUDGET 2025

Budget: Two-child benefit cap lifted

By Martin Ford | 26 November 2025

Abolition of the two-child benefit cap in today’s Budget has been welcomed as a ‘first step’ in t...

WALES

Welsh settlement 'does not come close' to matching pressures

By William Eichler | 25 November 2025

Local authority leaders across Wales have warned the provisional 2026-27 local government settlem...

HOUSING

Lambeth to house more families out of area

By Paul Marinko | 24 November 2025

Lambeth LBC is proposing to house more people further out of the borough as housing pressures in ...

PREVENTION

For the first time, prevention can be mapped and measured

By Iain Murray | 24 November 2025

By mapping spend, finance and service teams can build a shared understanding of what prevention l...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Review to assess fee devolution

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a review of counc...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director Health and Adult Services

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North Yorkshire Council

Head of Regeneration and Growth

£68,930.00 - £73,320.50 per annum

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Cherwell District Council

Lead Lawyer - Housing - WMF2443e

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A great opportunity has arisen at Westmorland and Furness Council within our Legal Team for a Lead Lawyer to support on the Council’s Housing work. Apply for this job

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