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WHITEHALL
Call for Government write off of Croydon debt
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2023
The Government should write off Croydon LBC’s £1.3bn of General Fund debt, a senior opposition co...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Greens push for divestment
By Dan Peters | 20 October 2023
There will be a greater push for divestment in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) after t...
DEVOLUTION
Dorset explores cross-boundary devolution bid
By Martin Ford | 09 October 2023
Dorset Council is looking beyond its borders for potential partners in a devolution deal bid.
PLANNING
Gove attacks four-day week 'nonsense' in conference speech
By Martin Ford | 03 October 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove delivered a speech to the Conservative Party Conference l...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Elected mayor in law change call
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2023
Croydon LBC’s mayor Jason Perry has called for the law to be changed to give councils greater pow...
FINANCE
Brum kicks off job cuts
By Mark Conrad | 26 September 2023
Birmingham City Council has started a wide-ranging programme of job cuts under emergency plans di...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
East Devon chief expected to leave
By Dan Peters | 07 September 2023
The chief executive of East Devon DC is expected to leave ‘imminently’ once a settlement agreemen...
BUSINESS
Two in five say officer-member relations are poor
By Mark Conrad | 01 August 2023
More than 40% of town hall staff and councillors believe officer-member relations are poor and hi...
FINANCE
Hastings' financial controls 'not fully developed'
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023
Senior Hastings BC councillors will be urged next week to ‘bring in and embed more stringent fina...
WHITEHALL
Warning Birmingham equal pay bill could rise further
By Heather Jameson | 26 July 2023
Birmingham City Council’s mammoth equal pay bill could rise further if it fails to meet a tight d...
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- April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
- Budget 2026: Chancellor confirms £285m Good Growth funding
Director of Digital, Data and Technology
£139,000 per annum
Shape the future of a digitally enabled borough Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning
£130,000 per annum
Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning
£145,000 per annum
Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job
- April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
- Budget 2026: Chancellor confirms £285m Good Growth funding
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