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WHITEHALL
New analysis says housing building target needs to rise
By Paul Marinko | 21 February 2024
England could need more than 500,000 new homes every year, according to analysis just released.
PAY
Council delays four-day week decision
By Martin Ford | 21 February 2024
South Cambridgeshire DC’s decision on whether to permanently adopt a four-day week has been put o...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's needs not prioritised, service leaders warn
By Ellie Ames | 21 February 2024
Children’s services directors have raised concerns that Government policy does not prioritise chi...
WHITEHALL
Rowley increases pressure for high-rise crackdown
By Mark Conrad | 21 February 2024
Housing minister Lee Rowley has urged more councils to tackle rogue owners failing to fix problem...
HIGHWAYS
Night lights, bright lights
20 February 2024
Safety campaigners have criticised hard-up Havering LBC for proposing to dim 4,000 streetlights b...
WHITEHALL
Westminster wheelaround
20 February 2024
What are the chances that Parliament’s Statutory Inquiry Committee’s latest inquiry – into the br...
WALES
Mighty small
20 February 2024
Long-term readers will recall various unexpected bids for city status over the years.
FINANCE
Chiefs: Sector can afford senior pay hike
By Mark Conrad | 20 February 2024
Council chiefs have insisted their pay settlement must match the award for local government staff...
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
MPs question Oflog independence
By Martin Ford | 20 February 2024
MPs have questioned whether the Office for Local Government’s (Oflog) work can be ‘truly independ...
HOUSING
Council appeared to be in 'crisis management mode'
By Ellie Ames | 20 February 2024
‘Multiple and repeated’ failures by Hammersmith & Fulham LBC left residents feeling ‘anything but...
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Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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