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SCOTLAND

Scottish councils eye new powers with charter adoption

By Martin Ford | 20 April 2026

A strategy to use newly-introduced legislation to gain greater powers for councils is being drawn...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Shropshire in food waste warning

By Joe Lepper | 17 April 2026

Shropshire Council has warned it may not be able to collect food waste weekly until 2039.

PEOPLE

LGA interim chief revealed

By Heather Jameson | 17 April 2026

Former Camden LBC chief Jenny Rowlands is to take on the role of interim chief of the Local Gover...

DEVOLUTION

Call to devolve employment support

By Martin Ford | 17 April 2026

Mayors should be enlisted to provide support for people out of work due to ill health, a new repo...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale revealed

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026

Morale among Local Government Association (LGA) employees fell dramatically during the year leadi...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Essex steps back from reorganisation legal challenge

By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2026

Essex CC has stepped back from a legal challenge to the Government’s reorganisation plans but cal...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA to privately lobby ministers over neighbourhoods' drive

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026

Local government is to privately lobby ministers over their neighbourhoods’ drive, including Whit...

SEND

SEND bailout at risk as councils await crucial guidance

By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026

Councils are facing a race against time to unlock essential central government funding for SEND (...

FINANCE

Reform defends £700m council savings claim

By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2026

A senior Reform UK figure has defended the party’s claim it has found £700m of savings at the cou...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Government ploughs on with council tax billing switch

By Joe Lepper | 15 April 2026

The Government is to plough on with its plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month i...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Manager - Property and Investment

£55,620 - £57,869 per annum (pay award pending)

As Service Manager – Property and Investment, you will be the Council’s professional lead on for commercial property and investment. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

Director of Education

£111,136 –£116,521

Stoke-on-Trent is ambitious for its children and young people. Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer) & Deputy Chief Executive

£148,775 - £159,480

Premium jobThe role sits at the strategic core of the organisation Apply for this job

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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