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EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
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.

FINANCE

Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending

By Joe Lepper | 10 November 2025

Worcestershire CC has been handed a statutory financial warning by auditors concerned its spendin...

LEGAL

Professional body for monitoring officers to be launched this month

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 06 November 2025

Launch of professional body for monitoring officers will add to those already established for chi...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: Recent appointments dominate top tier cohort

By Dan Peters | 06 November 2025

More than four out of five (81%) top tier council chief executives have been appointed in the las...

WORKFORCE

EXCLUSIVE: Succession headache for sector

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2025

Councils are ‘on the brink of staffing crisis’ due to their ageing workforce, public sector tradi...

HOUSING

Government 'confident' in housing plan

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains confident in its plans to get Britain building’ after hou...

LONDON

London housing measures to empower mayor

By Dan Peters | 24 October 2025

A much-trailed announcement of muscular measures to accelerate housing delivery in London has bee...

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...

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

Council pension funds pile pressure on firms over climate

By Neil Merrick | 20 October 2025

Big firms have been put under renewed pressure by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) ...

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The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

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

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

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

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council