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Deadlock over December deadline
POLICY AND POLITICS

Deadlock over December deadline

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is bullish on enforcing a statutory deadline of December for councils to submit their local plans, but an increasing number of councils thi...

PEOPLE

Peter Mason elected leader of LGA Labour group

By Martin Ford | 11 August 2026

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) Labour group has elected Cllr Peter Mason as its leader.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: Council denies senior officer suspensions amid chief executive exit row

By Dan Peters | 06 August 2026

Two senior Derby City Council officers are ‘currently out of the office’ after a row over two fac...

RECRUITMENT

Shadow council delays permanent boss appointment

By Dan Peters | 03 August 2026

West Surrey’s shadow authority has pushed back its recruitment of a permanent chief executive.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Women bear full force of rise in abuse by councillors

By Neil Merrick | 29 July 2026

A growing number of council chiefs are reporting abuse and inappropriate behaviour by councillors...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA scraps two-grade pay cuts as restructure redundancies to fall

By Dan Peters | 23 July 2026

The Local Government Association (LGA) has dropped plans to demote staff by two pay grades and sc...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall exploring adding teeth to standards regime

By Dan Peters | 21 July 2026

Whitehall officials are attempting to add teeth to the standards regime despite the lack of a pri...

COHESION

LGA conference: Call for councils to fly St George's Cross

By Martin Ford | 09 July 2026

Councils have been asked to fly the St George’s Cross in a show of support for England in their w...

POLITICS

Political change tests organisational maturity

By Adele Wylie | 09 July 2026

Reform UK controls North Northamptonshire Council, having won the majority of seats in the 2025 e...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Working around political revolts

By Ann McGauran | 08 July 2026

How can the wave of ‘challenger’ political administrations work successfully with leadership team...

PAY

Rethinking councillor pay for stronger democracy

By Dr Jason Lowther | 07 July 2026

New evidence urges fairer councillor remuneration to strengthen participation, diversity, governa...

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Waste Services and Fleet Manager

£57,237 - £59,577 per annum

You will lead projects and programmes, evaluate performance and benchmarking information Apply for this job

Mansfield District Council

Highways Network Manager

£58,558 - £59,695 per annum

The role will require a candidate who can oversee, direct and mange service areas Apply for this job

Bridgend County Borough Council

Senior Educational Psychologist - Expert at Hand Lead

Soulbury Scale B5 – B8 (£65,929 - £69957) plus Inner London allowance (£3940) and up to 3 SPA points (salary package currently under review)

You will lead the ongoing development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the model, ensuring that schools, settings Apply for this job

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