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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Second home owners paying up on council tax, leaders say
By Neil Merrick | 23 June 2026
Most second home owners who face double council tax are paying up rather than selling or converting their properties to holiday lets, according to council leaders in areas with large numbers of tou...
IMPROVEMENT
Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs
By Neil Merrick | 23 June 2026
A council has been warned it must take immediate steps to cut costs, including ‘reshaping’ its wo...
REORGANISATION
Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right
By Elliott Fletcher | 23 June 2026
Most LGR savings assumptions won't deliver without this – what every council must get right befor...
FINANCE
There is much that can be done at the local level to unlock financial flexibility
By Tracy Bingham | 19 June 2026
Greater borrowing freedoms, so that councils can invest confidently in housing, infrastructure an...
AUDIT
Government accounts disclaimed over local audit crisis
By Martin Ford | 18 June 2026
The National Audit Office (NAO) has disclaimed the whole of government accounts for the third yea...
FINANCE
Reshaping funding in Wales
By Paul Marinko | 18 June 2026
Wales’ local government minister Siân Gwenllian has confirmed work is underway on a review of the...
REGENERATION
A new beginning for Bucks' town centre
By Stephen Broadbent | 18 June 2026
Buckinghamshire is shifting its focus to revitalise historic market towns, taking an innovative a...
FINANCE
Using data to improve supplier payment efficiency
By Linda Weston - Head of Commercial Cards, Lloyds | 17 June 2026
Optima, Lloyds’ supplier payment data analysis tool, brings together deep payments expertise and ...
FINANCE
Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation
By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026
The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...
FINANCE
The funding faultlines that could divide streets
By Gabriel Stewart | 16 June 2026
Analysis reveals stark funding disparities between neighbouring councils under the Government’s f...
FINANCE
The role of internal audit for councils under pressure
By Diana Melville | 16 June 2026
Diana Melville says financial pressure exposes weaknesses in governance, control and capacity, an...
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Care Provider Quality & Safety Pharmacist
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