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FINANCE
Financial reform cannot wait
By Owen Mapley | 18 February 2026
Owen Mapley says the finance settlement provides breathing space for many authorities – but this...
FINANCE
Local government finance settlement leaves sector divided
By Martin Ford | 17 February 2026
The most controversial local government finance settlement for years has divided the sector. Mart...
FINANCE
Balancing optimism and realism in Wokingham
By Susan Parsonage | 10 February 2026
Susan Parsonage looks at how the revised financial settlement will impact local authorities such ...
FINANCE
CIPFA: Councils' demand and deficit risks deepen
By Ann McGauran | 20 January 2026
Councils are holding higher debt levels and lower usable reserves, leaving the system more levera...
BUDGET 2025
The Budget: A step towards fiscal devo
By Heather Jameson | 02 December 2025
The Budget took its first steps towards local government finance reform and Total Place 2.0, but ...
SOCIAL CARE
The cost of improvement in children's social care
By William Burns | 02 December 2025
William Burns says that improvement to children’s social care is both complex, costly and long te...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Council tax, levies and local accountability
By Iain Murray | 01 December 2025
The Budget announcements on the ‘mansion tax’, the visitor levy and SEND suggested a system stuck...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted to drop headline 'one word' judgement for children's services inspections
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Ofsted has confirmed plans to change inspections of local authorities’ children’s services (ILACS...
NCASC
Profit cap on children's placement providers 'won't be worth the paper it's written on'
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Any profit cap on providers of children’s placements in England ‘won’t be worth the paper it’s wr...
NCASC
Counting care costs
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Councils continue to face steep rises in the cost of care in both children and adult services. As...
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Head of Transport Strategy
£71,425 - £80,216 per annum
This is a highly influential role responsible for developing the region’s statutory Local Transport Plan Apply for this job
Head of Transport Programmes
£71,425 - £80,216 per annum
As Head of Transport Programmes, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery and assurance of a substantial programme of transport investment. Apply for this job
Head of Public Transport
£71,425 - £80,216 per annum
As Head of Public Transport, you will lead one of the most high-profile and strategically important areas within our portfolio. Apply for this job
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