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FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Ministry admits disabled grant delay
By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2025
Councils will not receive their 2025-26 Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding until late June, ...
EQUAL PAY
EXCLUSIVE: Coventry equal pay bill could be more than £30m
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2025
Coventry City Council could face an equal pay bill of more than £30m, The MJ understands.
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Reorganisation tax warning
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2025
Town and parish councils have warned ministers not to impose restrictions on their ability to rai...
FINANCE
Councils told cuts will follow
By By Martin Ford | 05 June 2025
Councils have been warned to brace for grant cuts after next week’s Spending Review despite deput...
HOUSING
Select committee's 'deep concern' over threat to housebuilding
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2025
A select committee chair has told chancellor Rachel Reeves she is ‘deeply concerned’ over possibl...
STRONGER THINGS
Stronger Things: 'Don't use reorganisation to scale up the same things'
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025
Local government should beware of using reorganisation solely to ‘redesign the same things on a d...
FINANCE
Thurrock Council seeks 'justice' following alleged fraud
By Izzy Lepone | 04 June 2025
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into Rockfire Investment Finance fo...
DEVOLUTION
Questions over devolution boundaries
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2025
An influential Labour backbencher has questioned the Government’s approach to rolling out English...
STRONGER THINGS
Stronger Things: Call for 'swap back' to single transferable votes for mayors
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025
The Government should use the Elections Bill to revert to single transferable votes for mayoral e...
WHITEHALL
Government announces allocation of £7.6m reorganisation fund
By Paul Marinko | 04 June 2025
The Government has revealed how much of the £7.6m grant to support the cost of local government r...
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Chief Executive
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This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job
Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning
up to £129,530 per annum
A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job
Service Director – Skills and Regeneration
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Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job
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