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LEGAL
Legal action over councillor media ban
By William Eichler | 01 October 2025
A local newspaper group has launched legal action against a decision by Reform UK-led Nottinghams...
TRANSFORMATION
ICBs pause or postpone redundancy programmes due to lack of funding
By Lee Peart | 03 September 2025
A number of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have paused or postponed their redundancy programmes du...
REORGANISATION
Suffolk CC opposition: Maintain roads instead of splashing out on reorganisation publicity
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025
Suffolk CC has spent around £100,000 of taxpayers’ money promoting a single county unitary to res...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument
By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025
Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents t...
ASYLYM
Fresh criticism of Home Office on asylum
By Neil Merrick | 22 July 2025
Relations between councils and the Home Office soured further this week after the department was ...
LEADERSHIP
An uneasy truce
By Blair McPherson | 21 July 2025
Blair McPherson offers an insight into the management of the relationship between leaders and chi...
COMMUNICATIONS
Do you need a comms plan, or a plan for your comms team?
By Louise Neilan | 09 June 2025
Encouraging your communications teams to sign up for LGComms Academy 2025 in Bristol will show th...
PLANNING
Infrastructure delivery key in new towns programme, professor warns
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2025
Delivering infrastructure will be the key challenge for the Government’s new towns programme, a p...
ENGAGEMENT
MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements
By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025
Engagement between the UK Government and councils has generally improved since Labour’s General E...
COMMUNICATIONS
Why first impressions count at the count
By Richard Baker | 12 March 2025
Mark Rogers and Richard Baker share lessons learned from a public affairs campaign that encourage...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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