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BUDGET 2025

Budget: Reeves commits to homelessness review

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to a review of homelessness service funding.

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision

By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025

Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Review to assess fee devolution

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a review of counc...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reed defends lack of social housing assessment

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025

Housing secretary Steve Reed has defended the Government’s failure to assess how many social home...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m

By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025

Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025

Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first ele...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...

FINANCE

Late change to fair funding review expected

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

Urban councils are expecting a ‘perverse’ late change to proposed funding reform they fear would ...

HOUSING

Government 'confident' in housing plan

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains confident in its plans to get Britain building’ after hou...

FINANCE

LGPS bigger than it has ever been

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales has continued to grow in size an...

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Head of Transformation

£79,807 - £89,823 (LG pension & competitive employment package)

You will provide strategic leadership across the transformation and improvement portfolio,

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Service Director - Education

£95,212 to £102,389

This is a great time to join our Children’s Services senior leadership team as a Service Director for Education where you’ll provide system leadership Apply for this job

Isle of Wight Council

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£58,165 - £62,094 (Pay award pending)

Do you want to be part of a great team that genuinely makes a difference? Apply for this job

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