Improvement

By Heather Jameson | 14 June 2023

The time has come for local government reorganisation and for councils to be given more power, fo...

PEOPLE

Former council chief to chair improvement board

By Martin Ford | 14 June 2023

Richard Carr has been confirmed as chair of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s in...

WHITEHALL

Unfinished business

By Heather Jameson | 12 June 2023

Greg Clark has been local government secretary twice. He speaks to Heather Jameson about the need...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council urged to address low reserves

By Mark Conrad | 12 June 2023

Senior managers at Eastbourne BC must address the council’s low levels of reserves given current ...

FINANCE

Woking issues section 114

By Paul Marinko | 07 June 2023

Stricken Woking BC has issued a section 114 notice as the authority continues to work with Govern...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Woking's 'astonishing' financial crisis risks hitting Government borrowing

By Paul Marinko | 02 June 2023

Calamity-struck Woking BC may need to write off up to £1bn after a series of disastrous investmen...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Chief executive peers can escape peer challenge scrutiny, LGA admits

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2023

Chief executives who volunteer as peers do not have to have a corporate peer challenge (CPC) in t...

FINANCE

Government steps in at Woking after huge debts revealed

By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2023

Secretary of state Michael Gove has demanded an intervention in Working BC should begin immediate...

HOUSING

Birmingham scolded over housing

By Rachel Salveta | 24 May 2023

Around 23,000 social homes owned by Birmingham City Council do not meet the Decent Homes Standard.

Showdown in Brum

By Heather Jameson | 23 May 2023

Heather Jameson assesses the situation at Birmingham City Council after a week in which the leade...

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Director of Finance (Strategy) – deputy S151

up to £125k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Director of Finance (Strategy) – deputy S151

up to £125k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council