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Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements
ASYLUM

Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements

By Paul Marinko | 26 May 2026

Breckland DC’s leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow in the Norfolk district over the issue.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Social workers in safeguarding warning

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026

Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Minister says chief candidates must have 'critical skillset'

By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026

Ministers have urged Surrey’s shadow unitary authorities to prioritise the permanent recruitment ...

STEVE REED

EXCLUSIVE: Reed 'very aware' of standards issues amid legislation wait

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2026

Local government secretary Steve Reed is aware of the issues requiring a fresh standards regime f...

STRONGER THINGS

Mission: Local economy

By Grace Pollard | 21 May 2026

Grace Pollard says speakers at next month’s Stronger Things will imagine how future local governm...

POLICY AND POLITICS

MPs told ICB restructuring has been a 'fiasco'

By Lee Peart | 21 May 2026

MPs have been told this morning that the reorganisation of Integrated Care Boards (ICB) has been ...

DEVOLUTION

England's post-elections politics makes path to devo 'immeasurably harder'

By Ann McGauran | 21 May 2026

The post-May 7 political arithmetic of the city regions leaves delivery on devolution ‘immeasurab...

DEVOLUTION

May 8: The day city regions fractured from within

By David Marlow | 21 May 2026

David Marlow says the post-7 May political composition of England’s six Integrated Settlement May...

POLICY AND POLITICS

The public will accept straight talk from politicians so long as there is a rationale

By Michael Burton | 20 May 2026

By claiming the public could have both high public spending and low taxes, the main parties opene...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Carbon reduction radical rethink call

By Neil Merrick | 20 May 2026

Ministers have been urged to radically rethink how they reduce carbon emissions in public buildin...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform's good local government problems

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2026

Ben Bradley talks to Ann McGauran about the implications of Reform UK’s huge election gains for r...

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frederica-diamanta

Director – Governance (Monitoring Officer)

£125K plus Distant Islands Allowance

There is so much about living and working in the Shetland Islands that sets it apart. Apply for this job

Shetland Islands Council

Deputy Chief Executive / Director - People & Resources (Section 95 Officer)

£130K plus Distant Islands Allowance

There is so much about living and working in the Shetland Islands that sets it apart Apply for this job

Shetland Islands Council

Chief Executive

circa £240,000

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is synonymous with iconic London landmarks Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

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