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REGENERATION
River deep, feelings high
By Cllr Elissa Swinglehurst | 19 March 2026
The complex challenge of pollution in the River Wye and its tributaries called for a partnership ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Missions mirage
By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2026
The absence of a genuine national growth plan and an accompanying plausible narrative is a block ...
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Places: a call for more coterminosity
By Dr Catherine Howe | 18 March 2026
Catherine Howe asks: What if, instead of tussles over public sector reform between places and Whi...
ELECTIONS
Why empowered councils can inspire the electorate
By Sir Bob Neill | 18 March 2026
Devolving more funding is the answer to improving the lacklustre turnout at local elections, says...
FINANCE
Reeves' dive into fiscal devo may not get to councils
By Heather Jameson | 17 March 2026
In the run up to this week’s Mais lecture, it looked like more of the same. Another keynote fisca...
REGENERATION
Ensuring people take pride of place
By Andrew Laird | 17 March 2026
To successfully deliver the Pride in Place programme communities need to be prioritised in both g...
HOUSING
Thousands of new affordable homes could result from the move to raise the HRA threshold
By Cllr Richard Wright | 17 March 2026
The change to the Housing Revenue Account threshold 'is the sort of specific measure that those w...
TRANSPARENCY
Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
By Ian Miller | 16 March 2026
The patriarchal attitude towards councils is shown in Whitehall’s approach to financial transpare...
SIGOMA
OBR warns pressures on council finances remain
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 13 March 2026
While the Local Government Finance Settlement represents a welcome step towards fixing local auth...
FINANCE
Britain's growth is constrained by having only one wealth-generating city
By Abdool Kara | 12 March 2026
Abdool Kara says: 'We need to do more to ensure that capital investment and value-adding workers ...
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Assistant Director Housing
£111,533 to £119,774 plus relocation support
Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job
Director of Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £118,000
The Hampshire & Solent Combined County Authority is being established at pace, bringing together a uniquely complex geography and economy. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance (Section 73 Officer)
Up to £150,000
As our first Executive Director of Finance and statutory Section 73 Officer, you will build the financial architecture that makes this possible. Apply for this job
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