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POLICY AND POLITICS
Expecting the unexpected
By Stephen Gaskell | 17 July 2025
Five years on from the easing of Covid restrictions, Stephen Gaskell says the sector proved that without local government, the crisis would have hit places much harder and with unimaginable consequ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Common sense Reform
By Paul Marinko | 03 July 2025
Reform UK is taking a measured approach to implementing change as the party takes charge of Durha...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Could they be a contender?
By Jack Shaw | 03 July 2025
If Reform-controlled authorities prove dysfunctional or obstructive will that erode trust in both...
FINANCE
Government 'localising blame'
By Martin Ford | 26 June 2025
The Government has been accused of ‘localising blame’ by relying on council tax hikes to prop up ...
HOUSING
Councils face enforcement capacity 'struggle'
By Martin Ford | 18 June 2025
A cornerstone of the Renter’s Rights Bill is under threat due to a lack of council capacity, the ...
FINANCE
Government handling of NICs increase 'unacceptable'
By Martin Ford | 17 June 2025
Ministers made a ‘major misstep’ in failing to assess the impact of the National Insurance Contri...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils warned to be 'open to scrutiny' in grooming gangs inquiry
By Martin Ford | 17 June 2025
There has been a ‘collective failure’ to address questions about the ethnicity of perpetrators wh...
REORGANISATION
Reform and reorganisation
By Laura Hughes | 28 May 2025
Laura Hughes asks what Reform UK’s local elections success will mean for local government reorgan...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Legal threats to Reform ambitions
By Martin Ford | 21 May 2025
Reform UK’s ambitions to shake up local government could be stymied by legal hurdles, an expert w...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Ministers accused of 'centralising zeal'
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2025
Ministers have been accused of ‘taking away decision-making powers from local people’ in a new am...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Time to empower the places that matter
By Ravi Gurumurthy | 16 May 2025
Labour's Neighbourhood Commission is not just good politics, but good policy says Ravi Gurumurthy.
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- EXCLUSIVE: Director suspended by county amid reorganisation vacuum
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Director of Transport
£112,924
Premium jobEast Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is on a bold journey. Apply for this job
Director of Children’s Services (DCS)
£129,000
Be the DCS you always wanted to be. Apply for this job
ICT Infrastructure Manager - WMF2176e
£51,356 - £52,413
As the ICT Infrastructure Manager at Westmorland and Furness Council Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Director suspended by county amid reorganisation vacuum
- Reform council asks officers to look at single Kent unitary
- Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall
- Lambeth to slash senior management to help plug £84m funding gap
- Council fired officers after overspend concerns
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