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ELECTIONS

London's elections: Rip up those political maps

By Nick Bowes | 11 May 2026

Nick Bowes says Labour had a dreadful election in London, the Tories swelled their ranks by just ...

ELECTIONS

Local government: An age of electoral insecurity has started

By Duncan Flynn | 10 May 2026

More councils are in no overall control, meaning more fragile alliances, more deal-making, more l...

ELECTIONS

Re-localising elections

By Professor Colin Copus | 10 May 2026

A voting system that allows for not only national parties, but real independents, local parties a...

ELECTIONS

And now for something completely different

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2026

Jonathan Werran scans the first indications from the local election results, and says that for La...

HR

Levelling up cyber resilience

By Giles Grant | 08 May 2026

Giles Grant sets out how councils can use the new associate cyber security professional title to ...

LG CHALLENGE

LG Challenge: Building community engagement on regeneration in Stockport

By Virginia Ponton | 07 May 2026

The third Local Government Challenge 2026 arrived in Stockport to develop proposals on how the co...

ELECTIONS

Ripples from local election will reverberate for weeks

By Heather Jameson | 07 May 2026

Heather Jameson says: 'There will no doubt be casualties – some deserving, others not – at the ba...

FINANCE

Lack of commitment on Adjustment Support Grant could be significant for some councils

By Tracy Bingham | 07 May 2026

Tracy Bingham says that while the one-off Adjustment Support Grant was intended to offset a reduc...

REORGANISATION

Getting staff LGR-ready

By Kathy O'Leary | 06 May 2026

Chief executive of Stroud DC Kathy O’Leary says the council is doing more to address the challeng...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future

By Maxine O'Mahony | 06 May 2026

As the sector considers what new unitary authorities and local services may look like in the futu...

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Director of Adult Social Care

£111,136 -£116,521

Stoke-on-Trent is an ambitious council, Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Programme Director for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

£110,100 - £121,785 per annum

In Suffolk, we’re reimagining what local government can achieve. Apply for this job

Suffolk County Council

Local Audit Office - Non-Executive Directors

£420 per day (48 days per annum)

Local public bodies are at the heart of our communities. Apply for this job

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Adult Social Care

£111,136 -£116,521

Stoke-on-Trent is an ambitious council, Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Programme Director for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

£110,100 - £121,785 per annum

In Suffolk, we’re reimagining what local government can achieve. Apply for this job

Suffolk County Council

Local Audit Office - Non-Executive Directors

£420 per day (48 days per annum)

Local public bodies are at the heart of our communities. Apply for this job

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

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