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REORGANISATION
Our residents want us to get the basics right
By Sheila Oxtoby | 09 October 2025
Reorganisation proposals have gone in to the MHCLG, but residents want a focus on basic service d...
POLICY AND POLITICS
After the reshuffle: ensuring the LGA's voice continues to be heard
By Louise Gittins | 23 September 2025
The LGA is engaging with the new ministerial team and with parliament to help shape reforms aroun...
FINANCE
Council finances at a crossroads
By Owen Mapley | 18 September 2025
Owen Mapley looks at the progress made with local government finances since Keir Starmer’s party ...
FINANCE
Caution urged on fair funding flexibilities
By Martin Ford | 16 September 2025
Experts have urged caution after Whitehall officials are understood to have privately mooted allo...
REORGANISATION
A chance to 'do better'
By Jenni Lloyd | 16 September 2025
With the appointment of a new minister, Jenni Lloyd says MHCLG has an opportunity to refocus reor...
FINANCE
Fair Funding Review 2.0 and the road to reorganisation
By Tracy Bingham | 10 September 2025
Councils will have to grapple with risks, resilience and reform as they balance the fallout from ...
REGENERATION
Rethinking long-term community investment
By Nick Kemp | 10 September 2025
As the UK Shared Prosperity Fund ends and the Growth Mission Fund and trailblazer neighbourhoods ...
POLITICS
Uncertain future after Westminster reshuffle
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
A sudden outbreak of political turmoil at Westminster has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging ove...
MHCLG
Reshuffle at a pivotal time – but will ministers engage?
By Heather Jameson | 10 September 2025
Heather Jameson looks at the implications of the departures and new arrivals at the Ministry of H...
DEVOLUTION
Warwickshire risks becoming a devo island, chief executive warns
By Ann McGauran | 09 September 2025
The rejection by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker of Warwickshire joining his combined authorit...
Transport and Major Work Manager
£54,556 to £60,085 per year Inclusive of Local Weighting Allowance of £1096
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Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
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Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
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- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
Transport and Major Work Manager
£54,556 to £60,085 per year Inclusive of Local Weighting Allowance of £1096
Premium jobDrive the future of transport and infrastructure in Slough Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
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