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Hounslow director appointed Islington chief

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2023

Hounslow LBC’s executive director of environment, culture and customer services, Victoria Lawson,...

Council to limit non-essential spending amid s114 threat

By Dan Peters | 28 September 2023

Windsor & Maidenhead BC is to limit all non-essential spending as it raised the risk of a section...

EXCLUSIVE: Unions delay next steps discussion

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Trade unions have agreed to reconvene to discuss their next steps on the ongoing pay dispute with...

EXCLUSIVE: Planning and placemaking capacity struggle

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Two out of three local authority planning and placemaking professionals believe their team does n...

East Dunbartonshire chief to retire

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Chief executive of East Dunbartonshire Council, Gerry Cornes, has announced his intention to reti...

Pension consultants ramp up opposition to pooling reforms

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Council pension consultants have intensified opposition to Whitehall’s plan for a single model fo...

Screeching U-turn on waste proposals

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2023

The Government has claimed it is scrapping its ‘top-down approach’ on recycling while still ensur...

Bentley insists level two devolution 'best option' for county

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2023

Essex CC’s Conservative leader Kevin Bentley has insisted that a level two devolution deal is the...

Government accused of 'paralysing' councils on waste

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving frustrated councils ‘paralysed’ by ‘painfully slow’ pr...

Call for national mental health support team rollout

By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2023

A top children’s services director has called for the ‘very highly regarded’ mental health suppor...