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Arun receives lowest social housing grade
HOUSING

Arun receives lowest social housing grade

By Martin Ford | 27 August 2025

Arun DC has received the lowest grading for its social housing following an inspection by the regulator.

HOUSING

Council home sell-offs to outpace new builds eightfold

By William Eichler | 21 August 2025

Local authorities in England are to lose more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 a...

HOUSING

Reform councils attack Home Office over asylum housing

By Paul Marinko | 19 August 2025

Reform UK council leaders have written to home secretary Yvette Cooper attacking the Government’s...

HOUSING

On the long road to better social housing

By Martin Ford | 18 August 2025

Martin Ford examines the task at hand for local authorities as the RSH inspections uncover a sign...

HOUSING

EXCLUSIVE: Sector warns Government over rental crackdown

By Joe Lepper | 15 August 2025

Councils have privately warned they will be unable to enforce a planned toughening up of regulati...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Scaling up decarbonisation for good

By Andrew Spencer | 14 August 2025

Taking decarbonisation initiatives to the next stage must be about scale and systemic transformat...

COHESION

Can Britain's cohesion drive stop the next riot?

By Paul Marinko | 13 August 2025

The Government’s cohesion taskforce promises a fresh approach to healing divisions – but councils...

PLANNING

District plea over planning powers

By Neil Merrick | 13 August 2025

District councils have appealed to ministers not to leave them out of planning decisions once fre...

HOUSING

Barnet has housebuilding nailed

By Cath Shaw | 08 August 2025

Barnet is one of the few London boroughs to hit its housing growth targets and its £8bn Brent Cro...

POLITICS

Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels

By Joe Lepper | 31 July 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed’ to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommo...

HOUSING

Create a strategic planning system that is long-term and consistent

By Simon Edwards | 31 July 2025

Allowing mayors the ability to rewrite spatial development strategies prepared by councils runs o...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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Premium jobWe are looking for an accomplished and proactive leader for our vacant post of Head of Democratic Services & Elections Apply for this job

Harborough District Council

Director of Finance & Corporate Services

£95,069- £100,817 per annum

Transforming Lives and Communities Together Apply for this job

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

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Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC