Total Place: The next generation
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Total Place: The next generation

By Heather Jameson | 09 July 2025

The Government is exploring how it can build on the legacy of Total Place by testing the pooling of budgets across local public services, ministers have said.

LGA CONFERENCE

Central and local government will transform the country for the better

By Georgia Gould | 03 July 2025

Writing in the week of the LGA Conference, Jim McMahon and Georgia Gould say this government was ...

COUNCIL TAX

Relieving the pressure on public finances

By Piali Das Gupta | 03 July 2025

Local government must be properly resourced for any new duties it is tasked with, writes Piali Da...

SERVICE DELIVERY

Forging the future

By Martin Ford | 25 June 2025

With the sector in crisis and the need for radical change, fundamental questions are being asked ...

WHITEHALL

Helping folk stay afloat

By Chris Naylor | 25 June 2024

Chris Naylor says his intuitively simple vision is for a neighbourhood-based preventative state –...

WHITEHALL

Service cuts likely, think-tank warns

By Ellie Ames | 21 June 2024

Councils could be forced to cut back service provision if cost and demand pressures continue to g...

FINANCE

Removing the local barriers that stop older people from flourishing

By Natalie Turner | 20 June 2024

In the context of councils’ need to make cost savings, Natalie Turner looks at how local authorit...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A Faer Point

By Martin Tucker | 15 May 2024

There are fewer levers for council leaders to pull in their areas. Visible services are reduced a...

DATA

The time for answers

By Cllr Shaun Davies | 07 May 2024

Last week, The Times used Oflog data to produce league tables, realising local government’s fears...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Let's have a real conversation about money

By Rachael Shimmin | 07 May 2024

We need a serious, grown-up conversation about what kind of state we want, what kind of state we ...

SERVICE DELIVERY

Jon Snow you know nothing

By Blair McPherson | 12 April 2024

Blair McPherson explains how his bid to explain the daunting complexities of how local government...

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Strategic Director, Finance and Resources (S.151 Officer)

£110,799 - £120,706

Blackburn with Darwen is a distinctive, welcoming and vibrant borough with a strong identity and a genuine buzz about the place. Apply for this job

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Principal Lawyer (Adult Social Care)

£55,036 - £58,879

Are you an experienced Adult Social Care Lawyer looking to expand your skill Apply for this job

West Northamptonshire Council

Fire Safety Surveyor

£66555 - £76077 per annum

Help protect residents and shape better standards across our borough.As a Fire Safety Surveyor, you'll use your technical expertise to help make homes Apply for this job

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