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SEND
SEND bailout at risk as councils await crucial guidance
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
Councils are facing a race against time to unlock essential central government funding for SEND (...
HIGHWAYS
Councils risk losing funding under new pothole performance rules
By William Eichler | 14 April 2026
Local highway authorities in England face losing up to a third of their roads funding if they can...
FUNDING
When councils get desperate, they start being cultural liquidators
By Ben Page | 13 April 2026
When a council sells off art for ‘small change', it sends a signal to the public that the state i...
COUNCIL TAX
A steady erosion of support: thirteen years on from the localisation of Council Tax Support
By Rebecca McDonald | 08 April 2026
Broader budget pressures are making it increasingly difficult for councils to maintain support th...
POLITICS
Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026
Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Show us the money
By Lee Peart | 31 March 2026
Social care funding is ‘a classic for the insurance system’, and the deadline for the final Casey...
ELECTIONS
Keeping an eye on the election count
By Piali Das Gupta | 31 March 2026
Piali Das Gupta looks ahead to what promises to be a time of great change for local government.
REGENERATION
Pride in Place requires a reinvigorated community development workforce
By Graham Duxbury | 31 March 2026
Graham Duxbury looks at how to empower communities to seize the opportunity presented by Pride in...
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...
COUNCIL TAX
Council tax goes up by £10bn in five years
By Paul Marinko | 25 March 2026
England’s council tax bill has gone up by more than £10bn in five years, new government data has ...
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Highway Infrastructure Commissioning Manager
£60,135 per annum (pro rata for part time)
At Suffolk County Council, every role is a chance to create positive change. Apply for this job
Director: Housing Strategy and Assurance
£101,997 - £121,997
Shape the future of housing in a city like no other Apply for this job
Director: Housing, Property and Investment
£119,124 - £139,124
Shape the future of housing in a city like no other. Apply for this job
- Reform UK council hit by trebling of councillor conduct complaints
- Suffolk Reform leadership follows Essex with LGR legal challenge
- CQC hands out third inadequate rating
- Exclusive: Tory grandee blasts current Government's regeneration and LGR plans
- New Reform leadership at Essex to legally challenge LGR
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