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POLICY AND POLITICS
Doncaster relationships 'badly eroded'
By Joe Lepper | 02 November 2026
Senior officer and councillor relationships at Doncaster City Council are ‘badly eroded’ and blighted by a lack of trust since Reform UK, a Local Government Association (LGA) peer review has found.
WHITEHALL
Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
By Dan Peters | 27 October 2026
Dudley MBC councillors will be asked to sign a pledge next week committing them to ‘demonstrate r...
FINANCE
Cheshire East faces 'significant' finance risk
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2026
Financial sustainability ‘remains a significant corporate risk’ at Cheshire East Council, accordi...
ANGELA RAYNER
Rayner expected to send in commissioners to Bedford BC
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026
Communities secretary Angela Rayner has indicated that the Government is minded to appoint commis...
POLICY AND POLITICS
'A denial of democracy'
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...
IMPROVEMENT
Councils: Commissioners need to be the very last resort
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
'The question is how to get local government back to the days when intervention was the exceptio...
IMPROVEMENT
Liverpool's recovery: how a council moved beyond intervention
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Liverpool City Council has shed its final improvement notice and emerged from intervention five y...
IMPROVEMENT
Windsor and Maidenhead Council: Back from the brink
By Stephen Evans | 08 October 2026
Windsor and Maidenhead Council has changed from a council on the edge to one that is balancing bu...
TECHNOLOGY
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall 'exploring' using AI to help intervention decisions
By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026
Whitehall is ‘exploring’ the use of AI to help assess councils against the key risk indicators fo...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Survey reveals audit still struggling
By Joe Lepper | 05 October 2026
Joe Lepper reports on Public Sector Audit Appointments’ latest council finance leaders survey.
TRANSFORMATION
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon concerns over transformation
By Dan Peters | 08 September 2026
Croydon LBC’s corporate management team and commissioners have privately expressed concerns about...
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Executive Director of Finance and Assets (Section 151 Officer)
£161,239–£177,363
You will also lead a more strategic approach to West Surrey’s assets, income and commercial activity. Apply for this job
Director of Digital, Data and Technology
£139,000 per annum
Shape the future of a digitally enabled borough Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning
£130,000 per annum
Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job
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