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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost metropolitan local authorities £121m, finance experts have suggested.
GRENFELL
Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
By Joe Lepper | 11 November 2025
Housing challenges are continuing at the council at the centre of the Grenfell tragedy, a Local G...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025
Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...
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.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reorganisation financial risk warning
By Martin Ford | 17 October 2025
Local government reorganisation has been highlighted as a key concern by the Public Accounts Comm...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA: Costs pushing many to financial brink
By Dan Peters | 17 October 2025
Emergency government bailout agreements for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ as cost...
COHESION
Cohesion rallying call as hate crime reaches record levels
By By Dan Peters | 16 October 2025
Cohesion is ‘core to what we do in local government’, the president of senior officers’ group Sol...
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 ...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA on its own will not be enough, survey finds
By Martin Ford | 08 October 2025
‘Very few’ respondents to a survey on the future of sector membership bodies believe the Local Go...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Killian 'shocked and saddened' by Manchester synagogue attack
By Dan Peters | 03 October 2025
Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Joanna Killian said she was ‘shocked and sadde...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Consensus emerges over statutory climate change duty
By Joe Lepper | 02 October 2025
A ‘clear consensus’ has emerged among councils for the sector to be subject to a statutory climat...
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- Prevention and innovation: Securing adult social care's future
- Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
- Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
- EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
- Government proposes tougher sanctions in standards reform
Finance Business Partner
£59,961 - £65,471 per annum (£65,472 - £73,442 Gateway Range)
In this role, you’ll provide expert financial support and strategic insight across Children’s Services and Corporate functions Apply for this job
Finance Business Partner - Capital
£59,961 - £65,471 per annum (£65,472 - £73,442 Gateway Range)
As part of our finance leadership team, you’ll lead on all aspects of capital finance, supporting major investment projects Apply for this job
Social Care Team Manager
Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Social Care Team Manager Apply for this job
- Prevention and innovation: Securing adult social care's future
- Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
- Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
- EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
- Government proposes tougher sanctions in standards reform
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