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FINANCE
NAO blames council audit backlog for failure to sign off Government accounts
By Dan Peters | 26 November 2024
The Government’s financial accounts have failed to be signed off for the first time due to ‘sever...
HOUSING
More than 100 councils report not prosecuting rogue landlords
By William Eichler | 22 November 2024
‘Many’ council enforcement teams do not have the resources and capacity to proactively tackle poo...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Distribution, devolution and reorganisation
By By Simon Edwards | 21 November 2024
Simon Edwards says that while deprivation is an important indicator of need, as the CCN's chairma...
FINANCE
Local authorities are at a crossroads
By Owen Mapley | 21 November 2024
While the Budget increases councils’ core spending power, many remain in the dark regarding fundi...
FINANCE
Call for courage over failing council finances
By By Martin Ford | 21 November 2024
‘Drastic action’ from the Government is required to shore-up councils’ finances amid multiple cri...
AUDIT
Woking's debt hits £2.1bn
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024
Woking BC’s commissioners have revealed its ‘spiral of debt’ has reached £2.1bn and further inter...
FINANCE
Finance chief exits cash-strapped council
By Heather Jameson | 20 November 2024
The executive director of resources at a cash-strapped council is leaving, shortly after a sectio...
FINANCE
Fixing councils' financial distress
By Andy Pike | 20 November 2024
Andy Pike and Jack Shaw examine the reasons for local authorities’ financial challenges, and say ...
SEND
MPs sound alarm on SEND deficits
By Martin Ford | 19 November 2024
Deficits in SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) budgets are among the top concerns ...
POLITICS
Bus services get £1bn boost
By William Eichler | 19 November 2024
Transport secretary Louise Haigh has announced more than £700m in funding for local authorities f...
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Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job
Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration
£100,592 - £106,591 per annum
Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job
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We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job
- Our World is Local: Theresa Grant talks LGR and intervention
- Woking to get £500m bailout as Surrey split in two
- EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m
- Yorkshire and the Humber reaps early benefits from new agency workforce guidance
- Reimagining the local state: Power, trust and collaboration in the Community Paradigm
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