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LGA calls for EHCP scale back amid potential backlash

By Emily Twinch | 10 July 2025

Local authorities have called for the scaling back of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) de...

RESILIENCE

EXCLUSIVE: Resilience warning over shelter and evacuation plans

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2025

Emergency shelter and evacuation plans may be insufficient in a worst-case scenario crisis, Local...

DEVOLUTION

Devo Bill to reintroduce supplementary vote in blow to Reform

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2025

The supplementary vote system will be reintroduced to elect mayors in a move that is expected to ...

FINANCE

Council pressures have 'increased significantly', says OBR

By Dan Peters | 09 July 2025

Councils face ‘growing risks to their financial sustainability’, the UK’s official forecaster has...

LGA CONFERENCE

Asylum minister admits information sharing 'no longer fit for purpose'

By Martin Ford | 07 July 2025

A Home Office minister has pledged to be more open with councils after agreeing the department’s ...

HOUSING

Pennycook confirms fresh Right to Buy restrictions

By Emily Twinch | 04 July 2025

Tenants of newly built social homes will not be able to buy their homes through Right to Buy (RtB...

DEVOLUTION

Strategic authority 'needs to be bigger than Surrey'

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025

Surrey should be part of a strategic authority on a geography wider than the county, according to...

POLICY

Experts call for slice of AI cash

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2025

Councils should get a share of the £2bn announced for artificial intelligence (AI) in the Spendin...

REGULATION

EXCLUSIVE: Government turns to councils for extra building inspector capacity

By Emily Twinch | 30 June 2025

The Government has turned to councils for extra building inspector capacity as high-rise housing ...

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EHCPs jump up 11% in a year

By Emily Twinch | 27 June 2025

The number of children on Education, Health and Care Plans has increased by 11% in a year, offici...

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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

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Newcastle City Council

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We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council