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HOUSING

Social housing waiting lists to 'top two million'

By Joe Lepper | 04 February 2025

The number of households on social housing waiting lists in England could top two million by 2034...

POLITICS

Concerns raised over cladding removal plan

By Joe Lepper | 04 February 2025

MPs and building safety campaigners have raised concerns over the speed and effectiveness of the ...

REORGANISATION

DCN: Alarming lack of evidence behind mega councils push

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2025

District councils have criticised the lack of evidence behind the Government’s push for new unita...

REORGANISATION

District warning over 500,000 threshold

By William Eichler | 24 January 2025

District councils are prepared to engage with local government reorganisation but warn against ‘r...

FINANCE

Ministers urged to reconsider pace of pensions reform

16 January 2025

Ministers have been urged to ‘seriously reconsider’ the fast pace of their reform to the Local Go...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025

Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination’ of statutory overrides for special ...

POLITICS

Pennycook: Compulsory purchase to be made 'faster and more efficient'

By Dan Peters | 19 December 2024

Councils will be ‘empowered to buy cheaper land’ through the use of compulsory purchase orders un...

OMBUDSMAN

Ombudsman struggles to allocate cases

By Emily Twinch | 17 December 2024

A 15% increase in complaints received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in the la...

HOMELESSNESS

'Duty to collaborate' over homelessness call

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2024

Labour-led London Councils has called for a ‘duty to collaborate’ to be placed on five Whitehall ...

POLICY

Government distances itself from controversial Demos report

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024

Whitehall officials have distanced themselves from a controversial report that proposed stripping...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

Grade 12 £67,236 – £71,223 plus £3000pa Statutory Officer Allowance

Premium jobWe are looking for an accomplished and proactive leader for our vacant post of Head of Democratic Services & Elections Apply for this job

Harborough District Council

Deputy Team Manager

£50,574 - £53,607

Strength in people. Strength in communities. Strength in diversity. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Chief Executive

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At City of York Council, we are proud of our strong civic identity, heritage, and ambition. Apply for this job

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