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FINANCE

Rates reset could force 'deep cuts'

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025

Local authorities will be forced to make ‘deep cuts to important services’ if the Government push...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Ministry admits disabled grant delay

By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2025

Councils will not receive their 2025-26 Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding until late June, ...

PLANNING

Planning change labelled 'catastrophic'

By Martin Ford | 25 April 2025

Ministers have been told proposals aimed at speeding up planning approval for infrastructure proj...

HOUSING

Communities will judge us on the number of homes built

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 23 April 2025

If councils are given teeth to prevent land-banking and slow build-out rates they can help ensure...

PLANNING

Local government upheaval could hit new town development

By Martin Ford | 22 April 2025

Peers have heard of concerns over the impact of local government reorganisation and devolution on...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA updates business plan amid reorganisation shake-up

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) is working on a new business plan as mayors increasingly r...

REORGANISATION

More Don't Leave Me This Way than Never Can Say Goodbye?

By Kathy O’Leary | 06 April 2025

'Perhaps size doesn’t matter as much as finding what is optimal to work well at neighbourhood lev...

FINANCE

Let's plant new bulbs to bloom stronger

By Tracy Bingham | 28 March 2025

Funding reform and reorganisation have a role, but a real-terms sector funding injection is also ...

REORGANISATION

LGR plans could pose social care threat

By Martin Ford | 19 March 2025

‘Seismic’ changes brought about by local government reorganisation could pose a threat to social ...

POLICY

Spring Statement: No more cash for councils

By Emily Twinch | 19 March 2025

Next week’s Spring Statement will give a flavour of the financial pressures local authorities wil...

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Director of Law, Governance, Policy and HR - Monitoring Officer

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Law, Governance, Policy and HR - Monitoring Officer

£107,232 to £112,065

This is a pivotal role, providing leadership across legal, HR, electoral and policy services at a defining moment for local government. Apply for this job

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Corporate Director Children's Services

£Competitive

Children's Services plays a critical role in shaping the future of Buckinghamshire. Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Director of Public Health

£116,667 - £139,386

Redbridge is an ambitious east London borough, one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse in the capital. Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

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