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WHITEHALL
Tackling homelessness
By Paul Marinko | 05 February 2024
Homelessness is piling pressure on squeezed council budgets. The MJ and the National Audit Office...
FINANCE
The problem with productivity plans
By Ian Miller | 05 February 2024
The final finance settlement contained some welcome changes, but they are one-off repairs that do...
FINANCE
Time for a fightback
By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2024
Political parties think the general public doesn’t care about councils, which is why, electorally...
WHITEHALL
Extra funding eases the pain for councils
By James Maker | 05 February 2024
Whether MPs really would have voted the finance settlement down, we will never know, says James M...
FINANCE
Dover issues s114 warning over funding withdrawal
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2024
A council could be at risk of issuing a section 114 notice if it is left to shoulder the costs of...
FINANCE
Councils push back budgets
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2024
Uncertainties over funding have forced councils to push back their budget-setting with the deadli...
FINANCE
Gove sheds light on productivity plans
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2024
Communities secretary Michael Gove has released further details of the Government's productivity ...
WHITEHALL
Call for Government clarity over waste allocations
By Dan Peters | 05 February 2024
A senior sector figure has called for clarity and certainty about how much funding councils will ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Putting assets in to active new uses
By Alistair Chapman | 02 February 2024
Martin Guest and Alistair Chapman look at whether real estate can effectively address local autho...
SKILLS
National Apprenticeship Week: Focusing on local talent needs
By Nicola Hay MBE | 02 February 2024
A co-ordinated effort between businesses, metro mayors, local authorities, and the Government is ...
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- Council backlash over asylum reforms
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Executive Director of Transport
£128,216 – £156,241
Getting Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Moving Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Children and Families
£80,995 - £86,757
Our promise to Sheffield’s children and young people is that Sheffield will be a place where they belong, Apply for this job
Assistant Director of City Transport
£ to match our ambition
You’ll keep abreast of emerging approaches and best practice Apply for this job
- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
- Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care
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