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INTERVENTION
EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets improving but risk of 'optimism bias'
By Paul Marinko | 04 December 2025
Tower Hamlets LBC has improved and continues to show ‘strong financial management’ but a tendency toward ‘optimism bias’ remains, according to a sector-led progress review.
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025
Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...
INTERVENTION
McMahon names Croydon commissioners
By Martin Ford | 18 July 2025
Commissioners have been appointed at Croydon LBC despite protestations from the council’s mayor.
INTERVENTION
Concern over London borough's improvement 'buy-in'
By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025
Envoys have questioned the commitment of councillors and staff to the ‘improvement journey’ at To...
INTERVENTION
Envoys sent in to indebted council
By William Eichler | 10 July 2025
Concerns about Warrington BC’s levels of debt have prompted the Government to send in four minist...
DEVOLUTION
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-minister gets role on strategic authority improvement board
By Emily Twinch | 30 June 2025
Former Tory minister Dame Amanda Milling is expected to be appointed to a board tasked with helpi...
IMPROVEMENT
Minister suggests commissioners needed for Croydon
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2025
Minister Jim McMahon has suggested escalating Croydon LBC’s statutory intervention to a commissio...
FINANCE
Call for Warrington officers' resignations
By Martin Ford | 23 May 2025
Conservatives in Warrington have called for senior officers to resign following the announcement ...
WHITEHALL
Time for Government to inspire confidence with policies
By Paul Marinko | 15 May 2025
Whitehall is right to be keen to strengthen scrutiny as powers for regional mayors expand, writes...
INTERVENTION
Ministerial envoys to be sent to Warrington
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025
A team of ministerial envoys are to be sent to Warrington BC amid doubts over the council’s ‘will...
IMPROVEMENT
Improvement board concludes Liverpool 'well led'
By Neil Merrick | 14 April 2025
A nine-month investigation by an Improvement and Assurance Board (IAB) has concluded that Liverpo...
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- Reed says councils should not be offering 'full-time pay for part-time work'
- Cleverly backs pro-density housing report
- Scrooge Says: Bah Humbug to Local Elections
- EXCLUSIVE: Opposition leader refuses to sign 'NDA' over £10m payment
- Regeneration: Tenacity, not tenure: keeping a long-term project on track
Counter Fraud and Trading Standards Manager
£62,766 - £69,984
Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Apply for this job
Director of Housing
Competitive
Lead a housing service through regulatory scrutiny, cultural change, and operational complexity. Apply for this job
Assistant Director Children’s Partnerships and Sufficiency
£100,545 to £111,533 plus relocation support
North Yorkshire is England’s largest county and a beautiful, vibrant place to live and work. Apply for this job
- Reed says councils should not be offering 'full-time pay for part-time work'
- Cleverly backs pro-density housing report
- Scrooge Says: Bah Humbug to Local Elections
- EXCLUSIVE: Opposition leader refuses to sign 'NDA' over £10m payment
- Regeneration: Tenacity, not tenure: keeping a long-term project on track
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