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FINANCE
Government to crack down on risky council investments
By Neil Merrick | 29 May 2026
Ministers are poised to crackdown on risky council investments using new powers to patrol ‘excessive’ borrowing and other financial decisions.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Now is not the time for threats and top-down targets
By Heather Jameson | 28 May 2026
It is time for communities secretary Steve Reed to ditch the threats to councils and head back to...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
EXCLUSIVE: Counties to take concerns to top
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Joe Lepper | 28 May 2026
The County Councils Network (CCN) was this week preparing to take its concerns about local govern...
SIGOMA
Mapping the road ahead
By Chris Cooke | 26 May 2026
Mayor of Middlesbrough Chris Cooke says that at a time of political change, SIGOMA’s role as a co...
ASYLUM
Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements
By Paul Marinko | 26 May 2026
Breckland DC’s leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow i...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Social workers in safeguarding warning
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026
Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Minister says chief candidates must have 'critical skillset'
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026
Ministers have urged Surrey’s shadow unitary authorities to prioritise the permanent recruitment ...
STEVE REED
EXCLUSIVE: Reed 'very aware' of standards issues amid legislation wait
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2026
Local government secretary Steve Reed is aware of the issues requiring a fresh standards regime f...
STRONGER THINGS
Mission: Local economy
By Grace Pollard | 21 May 2026
Grace Pollard says speakers at next month’s Stronger Things will imagine how future local governm...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MPs told ICB restructuring has been a 'fiasco'
By Lee Peart | 21 May 2026
MPs have been told this morning that the reorganisation of Integrated Care Boards (ICB) has been ...
DEVOLUTION
England's post-elections politics makes path to devo 'immeasurably harder'
By Ann McGauran | 21 May 2026
The post-May 7 political arithmetic of the city regions leaves delivery on devolution ‘immeasurab...
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Finance Development Accountant
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Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
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This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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