Pay

By Gordon McFarlane | 11 July 2023

A roundtable event has identified six opportunities in Greater Manchester to create joint solutio...

FINANCE

Nottingham warned of overspend 'signal'

By Martin Ford | 11 July 2023

Members of Nottingham City Council have been warned of the consequences of overspending as its bu...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Getting a grip in Birmingham

By Heather Jameson | 10 July 2023

The new leader of Birmingham City Council Cllr John Cotton explains the scale of the challenges h...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We must support big cities to grow

By Andrew Carter | 10 July 2023

Over the last 50 years, the UK has – deliberately and sometimes for good reasons – made policy de...

It's not all about the money…

By Martin Tucker | 04 July 2023

Sometimes it feels as if we are fishing in an ever-diminishing pool of local government talent, s...

FINANCE

Brum in spending freeze over equal pay issue

By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2023

Birmingham City Council has called a halt to its spending after an equal pay liability was reveal...

WHITEHALL

Legality of severance payment guidance questioned

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2023

The Local Government Association (LGA) has questioned the legality of statutory guidance governin...

HEALTH

Unlock some of the held-back adult social care reform funding

By Beverley Tarka | 20 June 2023

While the first survey of adult social care directors since the pandemic contains some good news,...

PAY

Is a national care service what we can expect from the next Labour Government?

By Simon Bottery | 12 June 2023

There are huge implications for local government in a new report on adult social care, says Simon...

PAY

53 authorities pay women more than men

07 June 2023

Figures showing average pay last year in more than 50 English and Welsh councils was higher for w...

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