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FINANCE

'Uncertainty' over Nottingham intervention

By Martin Ford | 05 August 2022

Ministerial upheaval has left Nottingham City Council uncertain of its future amid the threat of ...

FINANCE

Councils left 'in the dark' on funding

By Martin Ford | 01 August 2022

Turmoil at Number 10 means councils will have to wait for details on next year’s funding arrangem...

HOUSING

Deprivation should be the cornerstone of council funding

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 21 July 2022

The Fair Funding Review presents a huge opportunity to get ‘levelling up’ back on track, says Cll...

FINANCE

BCP in finance talks with ministers

By Martin Ford | 21 July 2022

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is in talks with the Government as it attempts ...

WHITEHALL

Outgoing Johnson appoints Greg Clark to return as local government secretary

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2022

Former local government secretary Greg Clark has been appointed to replace sacked levelling up se...

PLANNING

Gove dismissed planning 'centralisation' claim ahead of sacking

By Martin Ford | 06 July 2022

Michael Gove defended proposed planning reforms against charges they would ‘radically centralise’...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Same issues, new interventions and little progress

By Heather Jameson | 05 July 2022

Global pandemic and cost of living crisis aside, last week’s Local Government Association confere...

MICHAEL GOVE

Long and the short of it

05 July 2022

As regular Diary readers will be aware, there is something of an abbreviation obsession at MJ Tow...

WHITEHALL

Liverpool to impose leader-cabinet model

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Liverpool City Council’s ruling Labour group is expected to ignore a consultation and impose a le...

HOUSING

Don't take socially rented homes out of use

By Claire Kober | 28 June 2022

Claire Kober says that while home ownership is deeply ingrained in the national psyche, taking so...

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Alternative Provision Specialist Lead

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Executive Director – Community Health, Wellbeing & Prevention (DASS)

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Principal Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council