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POLICY AND POLITICS
Urging for a fairer urban future
By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2025
Parliamentary chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Sally Jameson...
COMMUNITIES
Shared power, shared Pride
By Helen Power | 17 November 2025
If the Government’s Pride in Place funding model can be operationalised in a way that kickstarts ...
PROCUREMENT
Social care reform: Stopping profit extraction in services
By Rosie Maguire | 12 November 2025
Introducing a major report on UK social care, Rosie Maguire highlights how fairer commissioning a...
FUNDING
Fears Pride in Place sidelines rural areas
By Martin Ford | 06 November 2025
Concerns have been raised that rural areas will miss out on the Pride in Place programme.
FUNDING
Adding up the price of local government interventions
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025
As more councils in intervention increases, the price tag for commissioners is skyrocketing. Dan ...
DEVOLUTION
Fragmented councils threaten English Devolution Bill success
By Simon Goacher | 30 October 2025
Simon Goacher says the rise of Reform UK and the shortcomings of the Government’s Devolution Bill...
DEVOLUTION
Tourist tax could pave way to greater fiscal devolution
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2025
Enabling mayors in England to levy tourist taxes could pave the way for greater fiscal devolution...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Balancing UK industrial strategy with Local Growth Plans
By Paige Portal | 27 October 2025
Paige Portal looks at whether local government can balance the Industrial Strategy’s national pri...
LGA
Government stands firm on committee system abolition
By Martin Ford | 24 October 2025
Local government minister Steve Reed has rebuffed a plea to look again at its move to scrap the c...
FAIR FUNDING
EXCLUSIVE: Fair funding fightback
By Martin Ford | 23 October 2025
An alliance of urban authorities is pressing the Government to change tack on the fair funding re...
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£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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