Rayner to be handed £1bn for council housing in Budget, reports suggest
HOUSING

Rayner to be handed £1bn for council housing in Budget, reports suggest

By Emily Twinch | 21 October 2024

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will be handed £1bn in next week’s Budget as she plans to double council house building, national newspapers have reported.

HOUSING

It's essential the Government listens to planning authorities

By By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 03 October 2024

While homes are urgently needed, they should not come at the expense of agriculture, says Cllr Sa...

HOUSING

Homelessness surge driving councils' housing costs

By Martin Ford | 03 October 2024

Councils face an increase in temporary accommodation costs of 33% resulting from a surge in homel...

REORGANISATION

Is reorganisation inevitable or just ingrained?

By Steve Leach | 03 October 2024

It is not increases in council sizes that improve local government, and the public don’t benefit ...

ASYLUM

Thinking global while acting local

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2024

Local government may be exceptional at understanding the local community, adept at pivoting to me...

FINANCE

Independent funding body distribution call

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2024

Local authorities in some of the country’s most deprived areas have called for allocations of cou...

REORGANISATION

Holden: We can't avoid reorganisation debate

By Paul Marinko | 19 September 2024

The most senior district council chief executive in the country this week conceded local governme...

HOUSING

Pennycook meets sector after £644m cash call

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2024

Minister Matthew Pennycook has met sector leaders and large council landlords after local authori...

FINANCE

Districts need long-term funding certainty

By By Ian Miller | 12 September 2024

The District Councils' Network sent off its submission to the Treasury about the Budget this week...

RIGHT TO BUY

Districts urge Government to make Right to Buy flexibilities permanent

By Emily Twinch | 11 September 2024

Flexibilities on how councils can use their Right to Buy (RtB) receipts should be made permanent,...

HOUSING

Councils call for £644m cash injection into housing

By Emily Twinch | 03 September 2024

Councils have urged the Government to plough £644m of capital funding into housing in England whi...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Planning Team Leader

Grade 10 (£57,440 - £63,354)

The planning team at East Cambridgeshire District Council is on a mission. Apply for this job

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Strategic Planning and Development Control Manager (Chief Planner)

Grade 11 (£64,368 - £70,282) plus a market supplement of £7,000 annually

The planning team at East Cambridgeshire District Council is on a mission. Apply for this job

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Director of Finance & Corporate Services

£100,000 per annum

At Norwich City Services Ltd (NCSL), a company wholly owned by Norwich City Council Apply for this job

Norwich City Services Ltd