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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Oflog appoints permanent chief executive
By Martin Ford | 30 October 2023
Josh Goodman has been confirmed as the permanent chief executive of the Office for Local Governme...
FINANCE
Section 114 'almost inevitable' for Leicester
By Ellie Ames | 30 October 2023
Leicester City Council is ‘rapidly running out of options’ to cut costs and faces financial crisi...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Oflog moves to expand remit
By Martin Ford | 27 October 2023
The new Office for Local Government (Oflog) watchdog has proposed to widen its scope to five new ...
WHITEHALL
Home Office 'failing to engage' councils
By Martin Ford | 26 October 2023
The Home Office is ‘failing to engage meaningfully with local authorities’ on asylum, according t...
HOUSING
Homelessness fears over asylum fast-tracking
By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023
The largest city councils in England and Scotland fear that Government plans to speed up asylum d...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Crisis-hit local government 'should not be left alone to pursue growth'
26 October 2023
A crisis-hit local government sector must not be left on its own to pursue regional plans for gro...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Government crackdown on four-day week
By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023
The Government is exploring measures to ‘ensure the sector is clear’ four-day weeks should not be...
FINANCE
Levelling up Bill to become law
By Martin Ford | 26 October 2023
Royal Assent is scheduled to take place later today, when the Bill will officially become an Act ...
FINANCE
Lansley critcises public health funding levels
By Dan Peters | 25 October 2023
The architect of the transfer of public health to local government has blamed the failure of budg...
FINANCE
Welsh councils face £750m shortfall
By Ellie Ames | 25 October 2023
Local government finances in Wales are on an ‘unsustainable path,’ according to a report from Car...
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Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed
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