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POLICY

Councils bite back at food waste recycling rollout plan

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 14 August 2025

Councils will not be told how much money they will receive to roll out food waste recycling until...

PLANNING

District plea over planning powers

By Neil Merrick | 13 August 2025

District councils have appealed to ministers not to leave them out of planning decisions once fre...

DIGITAL

Calls for AI ethics and data ethics boards

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2025

Calls have been made for all councils to form artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and data ethics...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025

Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents t...

ENVIRONMENT

Not zero: Core cities admit they will fail to hit ambitious climate targets

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2025

Core cities have called for billions of pounds of investment to transition to net zero after admi...

FINANCE

IFS: Inner London to lose from fair funding reforms

By William Eichler | 07 August 2025

Inner London is expected to be the biggest loser ‘by far’ from the Government’s proposed fair fun...

MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce

By Dan Peters | 06 August 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to unde...

POLICY

Call for tourism tax to help reverse austerity

By Izzy Lepone | 06 August 2025

The introduction of a tourist tax would help reverse austerity’s ‘heavy toll’ on councils, the Au...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Putting the spotlight on place

By Ann McGauran | 06 August 2025

The Government is pushing on with a flurry of policy reforms, but leader of the sector’s place di...

REORGANISATION

Politics and pragmatism

By Andy Sawford | 06 August 2025

Andy Sawford asks who really shapes local government reorganisation, and looks at what proposals ...

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Head of Finance Business Partnering

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Finance Business Partnering

£67,083 - £73,442 per annum (£73,443 - £87,483 Gateway Range)

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is seeking an experienced and inspiring finance leader Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Director of Property & Major Programmes

from £113,868 to £123,852

Shape the future of Redbridge’s estate – and leave your mark. Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Director of Commercial

from £113,868 to £123,852

Shape the Future of Commercial Excellence in Redbridge Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council