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PROCUREMENT
Future Forum North: Councils urged to take 'grown up' approach to partnership boundaries
By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2025
Councils have been urged to take a ‘grown up’ approach and ‘lean into’ the boundaries that work for them as devolution advances.
PROCUREMENT
Creating winning Partnerships with the sector
By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2025
Introducing Assure3C, a new structured process for strategically managing service contracts.
PROCUREMENT
Good Contract Management: The Foundation for Economic Growth and Value
By Rekha Thawrani | 04 December 2025
Good contract management is fundamental to place-shaping, enabling local authorities to deliver t...
PROCUREMENT
Councils get new powers to hand contracts to local suppliers
By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025
New powers for councils in England to give lower value contracts to local and UK suppliers come i...
REORGANISATION
Doing devo digitally
By Callin McLinden | 03 December 2025
Local government reorganisation's digital moment is really about people, parity, and shaping the ...
PFI
How to prepare for a smooth, safe and compliant PFI handback
By Lorna Kenyon-Pain | 02 December 2025
Emma Beynon, Alex Lawrence and Lorna Kenyon-Pain look at the issues around handback of Private Fi...
NCASC
Profit cap on children's placement providers 'won't be worth the paper it's written on'
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025
Any profit cap on providers of children’s placements in England ‘won’t be worth the paper it’s wr...
TRANSFORMATION
GDS Local: A digital transformation partnership for the future
By Ian Murray | 22 November 2025
For too long the Government Digital Service (GDS) hasn't played the role it should for local gove...
AI
From FOMO to focused
By Andrew Walker | 17 November 2025
Councils need clear, structured AI strategies. To get it right, forget hype or hesitation, say Ro...
AI
Blueprint for AI success
By James Arrowsmith | 14 November 2025
From efficiency to excellence: James Arrowsmith and Anja Beriro guide councils in how to leverage...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation: The next chapter in Surrey
By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2025
As Surrey prepares for unitarisation county council leader Tim Oliver tells Ann McGauran politics...
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- Grey belt countryside warning
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- Complex Whitehall funding system marred pandemic support, inquiry hears
- Council chief executive suspended
- Future Forum North: NHS Confederation chief says ICBs 'doomed' without thinking change
Town Clerk
£74,454 - £89,081
Biggleswade Town Council is looking to appoint a highly motivated and forward-thinking Town Clerk, to drive its services forward. Apply for this job
Service Manager- Localities
£69,037.00, Grade 15
Join Wakefield’s Outstanding leadership team and make a real difference. Apply for this job
Social Care Team Manager
Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Social Care Team Manager Apply for this job
- Grey belt countryside warning
- Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils
- Complex Whitehall funding system marred pandemic support, inquiry hears
- Council chief executive suspended
- Future Forum North: NHS Confederation chief says ICBs 'doomed' without thinking change
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