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How do you use council cash to make a difference?
FINANCE

How do you use council cash to make a difference?

By By Adele Taylor | 23 October 2025

In the thick of local authority budgeting, it can be hard to build a business case for investment. Adele Taylor suggests looking for the most creative ways to make a difference

REORGANISATION

Unpicking the Spelthorne strategy

By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2025

As the decision on reorganisation in Surrey is delayed, Spelthorne BC chief executive Daniel Moua...

FAIR FUNDING

EXCLUSIVE: Fair funding fightback

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2025

An alliance of urban authorities is pressing the Government to change tack on the fair funding re...

FINANCE

Audit contracts extended by two years

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) has extended its current audit contracts by two years fol...

FINANCE

LGPS bigger than it has ever been

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales has continued to grow in size an...

INVESTMENT

Riding the investment wave

By Joe Fyans | 22 October 2025

Joe Fyans explores how councils can seize investment opportunities and manage risks as they tap i...

WHITEHALL

National Wealth Fund to transform sector support

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2025

A Treasury body created to boost economic growth through private investment and public funding ha...

RECRUITMENT

EXCLUSIVE: Section 151 recruitment crisis warning

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2025

The sector is facing a recruitment crisis for section 151 officers, The MJ has been told.

FINANCE

Peer warning over Redbridge finances

By Joe Lepper | 21 October 2025

Redbridge LBC will be forced to seek exceptional financial support (EFS), a review has warned.

FINANCE

A new era?

By Sarah Longlands | 21 October 2025

Sarah Longlands explains why the upcoming Budget is not just for November

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN: Deprivation key determinant for spending

By Neil Merrick | 20 October 2025

Unitaries with a population more than 350,000 tend to spend more per resident on services but are...

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