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POLICY AND POLITICS
Government silence on planning fees control timeline
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2026
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has refused to indicate when co...
REORGANISATION
Councils must be empowered to set all fees and charges
By Ian Miller | 02 April 2026
Ian Miller says it’s time to end the centralism where fees and charges 'are set by Whitehall, don...
REORGANISATION
Toil, then trouble on LGR
By Martin Ford | 02 April 2026
The Government has announced its decisions on new unitaries in four of the Devolution Priority Pr...
FINANCE
Reed to activate intervention powers
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2026
Questions have been raised over Government moves to implement fresh direct intervention powers in...
REORGANISATION
Disentangling Woking's knots
By Heather Jameson | 01 April 2026
Sent in to stabilise debt-ridden Woking BC, Richard Carr tells Heather Jameson he’s determined to...
HOUSING
Councils look to pay to free up properties
By Neil Merrick | 30 March 2026
More local authorities are paying tenants to move into smaller homes.
FINANCE
Report finds 'optimism bias' in council projections
By Neil Merrick | 30 March 2026
Brighton and Hove city councillors were guilty of ‘optimism bias’ in forecasting the popularity o...
FINANCE
Regions facing grant cut as fiscal overhaul takes shape
By Martin Ford | 26 March 2026
Regions will have their Whitehall grant cut if they want to grab a share of national taxation und...
HOMELESSNESS
Increasing homelessness blamed for council company failure
By Joe Lepper | 26 March 2026
London Councils has blamed ‘increased homelessness rates’ for the failure of a company formed to ...
FINANCE
The promise of fiscal decentralisation threatens to be a damp squib
By Paul Marinko | 26 March 2026
Underneath the din of excitement at Rachel Reeves’ promise last week to provide regions with ‘con...
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North Yorkshire Council have a national reputation for excellence. Apply for this job
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