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Council tax prison call
FINANCE

Council tax prison call

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2025

England should follow Scotland and Wales in scrapping the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax, a charity has urged after latest figures from the Ministry of Justice revealed 19 ...

WHITEHALL

Grey belt countryside warning

By Joe Lepper | 07 December 2025

Almost nine in 10 grey belt developments approved by the Government rather than councils over the...

ASYLUM

Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation

By Joe Lepper | 04 December 2025

Councils fear a backlash from far-right activists if responsibility for housing asylum seekers wa...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Charity warning over fair funding proposals

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2025

Proposals around council tax in the fair funding review will ‘further penalise’ already-strugglin...

COUNCIL TAX

'Outdated and harmful': Council bailiff use soars 30%

By William Eichler | 20 October 2025

The use of bailiffs by local authorities in England and Wales has surged by 30% in just two years...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Domestic recruitment and retention challenges persist in adult social care

By Liz Wells | 15 October 2025

England’s adult social care sector faces long-term recruitment and retention challenges as it is ...

DATA

Council data breach warning

By Joe Lepper | 01 October 2025

Local government is among the most at-risk organisations from data breaches, with councils report...

POLICY

Call for £100m homelessness cash injection

By Emily Twinch | 13 May 2025

The Government should plough £100m into preventing homelessness over a decade as part of a wide-r...

SOCIAL CARE

Care reform will take a decade to be delivered

By Lee Peart | 02 May 2025

The first phase of social care reform will take 10 years to be fully delivered, it has emerged.

POLITICS

West Midlands expected to be worst hit by Trump tariffs

By Emily Twinch | 04 April 2025

The West Midlands is expected to be the region worst hit by President Donald Trump’s 10% tariff o...

HOUSING

Cost of homelessness leaves councils reeling

By Joe Lepper | 03 April 2025

Councils are being ‘pushed to breaking point’ by the ballooning cost of homelessness support, cha...

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Corporate Director Health and Adult Services

£141,233 to £164,272 plus relocation support

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North Yorkshire Council

Corporate Director of Housing

Circa £180,000

We’re looking for a strategic housing leader with a strong record of improvement, partnership working and driving change at scale. Apply for this job

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our senior leadership team in Adult Social Care in Doncaster. Apply for this job

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