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Council faces 'inevitable' bankruptcy without £40m savings
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 find tens of millions of pounds of cuts, a council report has warned.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Cheshire East's Polkinghorne decides to step down

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2026

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council, Rob Polkinghorne, has ‘decided to step down from my...

SOCIAL WORKERS

Union raises alarm over bullying and harassment

By Neil Merrick | 08 June 2026

Social workers have raised the alarm over bullying and harassment as they struggle with funding s...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

How we can sort out social care

By Lee Peart | 08 June 2026

Adult social care leaders gathered at The King’s Fund charity to discuss the prospects for finall...

RECRUITMENT

Governing through uncertainty – what happens next?

By Tim Farr | 04 June 2026

In an era of permanent uncertainty, Tim Farr assesses the challenges many local authorities, chie...

EQUAL PAY

Two-thirds of councils facing a live equal pay risk

By Simon Christian | 03 June 2026

The real decision facing leaders now is whether to address equal pay early and deliberately, or m...

REORGANISATION

Keeping reorganisation on track: Preparing East and West Surrey for vesting day

By Terence Herbert | 03 June 2026

Ahead of the launch of East Surrey and West Surrey councils in April 2027, local government reorg...

REORGANISATION

Three boroughs share chief 'in preparation for LGR'

By Martin Ford | 01 June 2026

Three councils hoping to form a unitary authority under local government reorganisation have agre...

LEADERSHIP

Calling out the double standards

By Matina Marougka | 01 June 2026

Matina Marougka says her study of women in senior roles in local government, the NHS and the char...

PERFORMANCE

The little button quietly saving UK councils from a thousand complaint emails

28 May 2026

On a Wednesday morning in February, a mother somewhere in the north of England sat down to apply ...

RECRUITMENT

The changing face of local government

By Rachael Morris | 28 May 2026

Rachael Morris discusses why political change is becoming a workforce risk and has an impact on p...

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