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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
By Dan Peters | 10 November 2026
Troubled Basildon Council has paused its search for a permanent chief executive after two candidates pulled out late in the recruitment process.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Call for commissioners at strategic authority
By Dan Peters | 02 November 2026
The Labour group leader at Hull City Council has called for the Government to ‘step in to appoint...
INTERVENTION
LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for ministers to be able to send failing counci...
POLICY AND POLITICS
'A denial of democracy'
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...
IMPROVEMENT
Councils: Commissioners need to be the very last resort
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
'The question is how to get local government back to the days when intervention was the exceptio...
IMPROVEMENT
Liverpool's recovery: how a council moved beyond intervention
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Liverpool City Council has shed its final improvement notice and emerged from intervention five y...
TECHNOLOGY
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall 'exploring' using AI to help intervention decisions
By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026
Whitehall is ‘exploring’ the use of AI to help assess councils against the key risk indicators fo...
FINANCE
CIPFA report uncovers 'weak financial management' at Hillingdon
By Martin Ford | 31 July 2026
Hillingdon LBC must change course to avoid relying on exceptional financial support (EFS) for yea...
INTERVENTION
Fresh commissioner team for Spelthorne and Woking
By Martin Ford | 17 July 2026
A single team of commissioners will oversee interventions at Woking and Spelthorne BCs as they pr...
BEST VALUE
Basildon gets Best Value notice as chief prepares to leave
By Paul Marinko | 15 July 2026
Ministers have issued Basildon BC with a Best Value notice and the Essex authority’s chief execut...
INTERVENTION
LGA warning over council intervention metrics
By Martin Ford | 01 July 2026
Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has uncovered issues with the proposed methods...
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- Children's services: Homes, not placements
- Rayner admits LGR was 'always going to be litigated'
- EXCLUSIVE: Too few adult social care directors for new unitaries, ADASS warns
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
Head of Democratic Services / Pennaeth Gwasanaethau Democrataidd
Salary £69,268 - £83,936 / Cyflog £69,268 - £83,936
Premium jobWe are keen to recruit an outstanding individual with proven track record... Apply for this job
Director of Adults Commissioning and Partnerships
£101,636 - £112,285 per annum (SLMG 1)
Shape the Future of Adult Care and Support in Nottingham Apply for this job
- Children's services: Homes, not placements
- Rayner admits LGR was 'always going to be litigated'
- EXCLUSIVE: Too few adult social care directors for new unitaries, ADASS warns
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
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