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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...
PROCUREMENT
Navigating the new procurement landscape
By Jonathan Werran | 16 October 2025
A Localis study puts forward a series of recommendations on how councils can make the most of the...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
The Test, Learn and Grow programme is unlikely to shift the dial on its own
By Abdool Kara | 08 September 2025
Abdool Kara says the Labour manifesto promised a mission-led government, 'but there is little evi...
HOUSING
English councils call for further Right to Buy reforms
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2025
The Government must go further with its reforms of Right to Buy (RtB) to give councils more flexi...
FINANCE
Local government: a case of Budget blues or burdens?
By Paul Marinko | 18 December 2024
With Labour now over the hurdle of its first Budget, local government has plenty to contemplate a...
LONDON COUNCILS
London Councils lobbies for share of GB Energy cash
By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024
London Councils is lobbying for millions of pounds from the Government agency being created to pu...
FUNDING
Biting the bullet on local tax transformation
By Sandy Forsyth | 11 December 2024
Localis lead researcher Sandy Forsyth sets out the political case for local funding revaluation a...
FINANCE
Don't let the financial crisis destroy devolution
By Dr Simon Kaye | 10 December 2024
Recent developments in local government have raised as many questions as answers. Dr Simon Kaye o...
FINANCE
Future Forum North: Devolve budgets, not tax powers
By Martin Ford | 06 December 2024
Devolution of budgets is more important than tax raising powers, an expert told The MJ Future For...
POLITICS
LGA: National Insurance hit could be £1.7bn
By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024
The impact of employer National Insurance Contribution increases on external providers and contra...
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Chief Legal & Governance Officer
£143,918 - £152,446 per annum
The West Midlands Combined Authority is entering one of the most significant periods of change in its development. Apply for this job
Corporate Director - Planning
£97,966 - £126,181
Do you share our ambition for Dorset? Apply for this job
Head of HR Business Partnering
£69,083 - £75,442 per annum
Reporting to the Assistant Director – HR, Corporate Projects and IT, this role provides strategic leadership and management Apply for this job
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