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FINANCE
Medway talks with ministry over finances
By Dan Peters | 29 September 2026
Senior Medway Council officers are in ‘ongoing discussions’ with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) over further exceptional financial support (EFS), it has emerged.
TRANSFORMATION
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon concerns over transformation
By Dan Peters | 08 September 2026
Croydon LBC’s corporate management team and commissioners have privately expressed concerns about...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Former councillor rages at lack of accountability for Brum failures
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Senior officers and commissioners at Birmingham City Council should be held to account for their ...
FINANCE
Council faces 'inevitable' bankruptcy without £40m savings
By William Eichler | 10 June 2026
Westmorland and Furness Council could be forced to declare effective bankruptcy if it fails to fi...
FINANCE
Counting the cost of rectifying exceptional financial support to councils
By David Blackman | 19 March 2026
The scale of the problems exceptional financial support is intended to tackle highlights the need...
FINANCE
Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
By Ben Page | 10 March 2026
The Government's partial write-off of SEND deficits is welcome, but it does not fix underlying pr...
FINANCE
City council requests £15m exceptional financial support
By Dan Peters | 06 February 2026
Brighton & Hove City Council has requested £15m of exceptional financial support (EFS) from the M...
POLICY AND POLITICS
'High probability' section 114 warning for Starmer
By Dan Peters | 09 January 2026
North Somerset Council’s leader has warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer there is a ‘high probabili...
WALES
Welsh settlement 'does not come close' to matching pressures
By William Eichler | 25 November 2025
Local authority leaders across Wales have warned the provisional 2026-27 local government settlem...
FINANCE
Shropshire budget gap hits £47m
By Martin Ford | 18 November 2025
Shropshire Council’s budget overspend has grown by a third since it declared a ‘financial emergen...
S114
West and North Northamptonshire deserve equivalent debt forgiveness to Surrey
By Cllr Mark Arnull | 06 November 2025
Cllr Mark Arnull explains why the Government must extend equivalent debt forgiveness to West and ...
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Head of Property, Assets & Major Projects
Renumeration package £74 – 78k
This is a rare opportunity to combine strategic leadership, commercial asset management Apply for this job
Head of Legal - (Commercial & Projects)
£71,513- £80,593 per annum
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Head of Business, Markets and Town Centres
PO10 - £84,042 - £89,274
We are now seeking an exceptional leader to join our Economy & Skills team as our new Head of Business Apply for this job
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
- Budget 2026: 'Further £430m' to tackle rough sleeping
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
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