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COHESION
Cantle: Time to take cohesion much more seriously
By Dan Peters | 16 June 2026
The author of a landmark report into disturbances in English towns in 2001 has said it is ‘time t...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government 'stands ready' to rein in private providers' profits
By Ann McGauran | 16 June 2026
The Government is prepared to bring in local profit caps to rein back private providers of childr...
FINANCE
Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation
By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026
The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Former councillor rages at lack of accountability for Brum failures
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Senior officers and commissioners at Birmingham City Council should be held to account for their ...
PEOPLE
McCay appointed ADPH chief executive
By Dan Peters | 15 June 2026
Psychiatrist Layla McCay has been appointed as the chief executive of the Association of Director...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Farage announces social housing foreigner ban
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Foreign nationals would be banned from social housing under a Reform UK government, party leader ...
PEOPLE
Reeves among King's birthday honours
By Dan Peters | 15 June 2026
Oxfordshire CC’s chief executive, Martin Reeves, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s birthday h...
UNIONS
Union issues strike threat over 3.3% pay offer
By William Eichler | 15 June 2026
Thousands of council workers could walk out on strike after their union vowed to ballot members o...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Westbrook to decide on reorganisation legal challenge
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2026
The chief executive of Conservative-led Hampshire CC Gary Westbrook will take further advice from...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government intervenes amid local plan concerns
By Joe Lepper | 12 June 2026
The Government has intervened in Torbay Council’s emerging local plan amid concerns it falls shor...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
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