REORGANISATION

Consultants earn from reorganisation shake-up

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025

Under-threat councils have commissioned expensive consultants amid the reorganisation shake-up.

REORGANISATION

Deadline looms for 'high level' reorganisation plans

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025

Ministers have told senior sector figures that the 21 March reorganisation plans should be ‘light...

REORGANISATION

There's no clear mandate for mega-councils

By By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 07 March 2025

Taxpayers' interests would be better served by not rushing reorganisation, says Sam Chapman-Allen.

REORGANISATION

Social care disaggregation cost could hit £500m a year, CCN claims

By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025

The annual recurring cost of splitting up and duplicating county council social care services int...

REORGANISATION

LGA can't please all of the people all of the time

By Heather Jameson | 27 February 2025

Heather Jameson says the Local Government Association is a 'real family, with all the bickering, ...

REORGANISATION

Counties pressure LGA over reorganisation shift

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025

County council leaders have hit back at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) policy shift on ...

FINANCE

Sector seeks resolution to SEND deficits

By Martin Ford | 19 February 2025

Local government has called for a resolution to the issue of Special Educational Needs and Disabi...

REORGANISATION

Clarify the costs

By Tracy Bingham | 12 February 2025

To be the best they can be, the new unitary councils should be designed with up-to-date assessmen...

REORGANISATION

Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025

Local government reorganisation could lead to a sector brain drain, senior figures have warned.

REORGANISATION

A magic population number for local government is a fallacy

By Colin Copus | 10 February 2025

The Government is progressing with a centralisation agenda dividing local government into deliver...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Law & Governance

FTE Salary from £92,223 - £112,283 per annum

Sutton is rapidly emerging as a key outer London borough. Apply for this job

Sutton London Borough Council

Assistant Director of Housing

£81,174 – £89,956 per annum (pay award pending), plus relocation support

Reporting to the Director of Housing & Communities, the Assistant Director of Housing will lead York’s Housing portfolio Apply for this job

City of York Council

Corporate Director, Neighbourhoods and Regeneration

Up to £185,000

We are seeking a dynamic senior leader Apply for this job

Brent Council