Recruitment

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REORGANISATION

PPMA 2026: Warning recruiters could become 'kingmakers' in LGR

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2026

Recruitment consultants risk becoming ‘kingmakers’ if they hire all the chiefs for new unitaries in a single area, a government reorganisation adviser has warned.

Are you equal pay ready?

By Julie Osborne | 23 April 2026

Julie Osborne discusses the importance of pay transparency and how you can prepare your organisat...

RECRUITMENT

A starring role for middle managers

By Jon Dilling | 16 April 2026

Penna’s Jon Dilling outlines what is certain to be one of the keys to success in a changing local...

RECRUITMENT

Democracy delivers the mandate; development delivers the impact

By Matthew Hotten | 09 April 2026

Matthew Hotten looks ahead to local elections day and outlines how the next steps taken will shap...

RECRUITMENT

Counting the cost of the wrong hire

By Ben Parsonage | 02 April 2026

The value of finding the right people within local government has never been higher and when it c...

RECRUITMENT

Building organisations, not just structures

By Matthew Jones | 26 March 2026

Jason Wheatley, George Agyemang and Matthew Jones say the right balance of early investment in th...

RECRUITMENT

Culture not just compliance

By Hayley Titchner | 19 March 2026

The new Employment Rights Act is set to usher in fresh challenges for the sector which will neces...

IMPROVEMENT

Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find

By Joe Lepper | 13 March 2026

Recruitment challenges are hindering continued improvement at Sandwell Council, a Local Governmen...

RECRUITMENT

The loneliest job just became harder

By Dawar Hashmi | 12 March 2026

While the rewards can be immense, being a chief executive in this sector has also proven to be on...

FINANCE

Fresh finance structure for Gloucester after auditor intervention

By Dan Peters | 05 March 2026

Gloucester City Council has proposed a fresh structure for an expanded finance team after its ext...

RECRUITMENT

Shaping the sector's workforce of the future

By Neel Patel | 05 March 2026

At a time of significant change for local government – headed up by the LGR agenda – Neel Patel e...