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EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs lobby Government over severance payment threshold
REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs lobby Government over severance payment threshold

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2026

Council chiefs have been lobbying the Government to relax the requirements around special severance payments when they publish guidance on reorganisation staffing issues, The MJ understands.

EMPLOYMENT

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Addressing the crisis in youth unemployment may be a priority, says Heather Jameson. 'But when ev...

EMPLOYMENT

Finding a NEET solution

By Tom Stannard | 02 June 2026

The interim report of the Milburn Review revealed the stark reality of youth unemployment. Tom St...

EMPLOYMENT

Call for 'stronger role' for councils to tackle youth unemployment

By Martin Ford | 28 May 2026

A ‘stronger role’ for councils is required to tackle soaring numbers of young people not in educa...

UNIONS

GMB branch secretaries to go on strike against own union

By Joe Lepper | 27 May 2026

GMB branch secretaries are to stage two days of strike action against their trade union over thei...

LOCAL ECONOMIES

Economic growth is not enough

By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 12 May 2026

Strategic authorities must start treating economic development as health policy, says Tom Lloyd G...

EMPLOYMENT

Sidelining a generation from careers is socially troubling and economically self-defeating

By Nigel Wilcock | 05 May 2026

More than 30% of young people say there are no jobs where they live, and that’s a warning sign fo...

EMPLOYMENT

Boost helps put young people on the path to a career

By Jan Feeney | 05 May 2026

The Boost initiative has helped young people in King’s Lynn and Breckland on the journey to where...

DEVOLUTION

Call to devolve employment support

By Martin Ford | 17 April 2026

Mayors should be enlisted to provide support for people out of work due to ill health, a new repo...

REGENERATION

River deep, feelings high

By Cllr Elissa Swinglehurst | 19 March 2026

The complex challenge of pollution in the River Wye and its tributaries called for a partnership ...

EMPLOYMENT

The overlooked NEETs: the policy gap we can no longer ignore

By Julie Leonard | 04 March 2026

Shaw Trust is set to launch an innovation trial in partnership with the West London Alliance targ...

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