EXCLUSIVE: Scotland's financial governance has helped councils avoid failure

EXCLUSIVE: Scotland's financial governance has helped councils avoid failure

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025

Scotland’s system of financial governance has helped avoid local authority financial failure, the...

Stronger Things: 'Localism is not opposed to globalism'

By Ann McGauran | 03 June 2025

Viewing localism as a force in opposition to globalism is a ‘false priority’ that will lead to ‘o...

Stronger Things: Make services people-centred

By Heather Jameson | 03 June 2025

Central government needs to put power in the hands of those who are invested in place, Cabinet mi...

MHCLG floats post-reorganisation social care partnerships

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has suggested social care partn...

Hampshire reorganisation blow

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2025

A blow has been dealt to joint working on reorganisation in Hampshire and the Solent after the co...

frederica-diamanta

Senior Lawyer - Planning & Procurement

£52,584 - £55,620

Ready to lead complex legal work in a borough driving regeneration and growth? Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Head of Public Service

£90,000 - £120,000 + international supplement

Are you looking for a remarkable life adventure in one of the world’s greatest nature hotspots? Apply for this job

St Helena

0846 Head of Highways and Transportation

£86,196 pa

North Tyneside Council is committed to delivering outstanding services to people and places across the borough. Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Senior Lawyer - Planning & Procurement

£52,584 - £55,620

Ready to lead complex legal work in a borough driving regeneration and growth? Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Head of Public Service

£90,000 - £120,000 + international supplement

Are you looking for a remarkable life adventure in one of the world’s greatest nature hotspots? Apply for this job

St Helena

0846 Head of Highways and Transportation

£86,196 pa

North Tyneside Council is committed to delivering outstanding services to people and places across the borough. Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Dan Peters

Three years left to live?

'Reorganisation proposals for Surrey have sparked divisions, even between councils with the same party colours. Dan Peters talks to the key players and hears that the Treasury could hold all the cards.'

02 June 2025
Standing up for scrutiny

Standing up for scrutiny

'Jo Armstrong of the Accounts Commission talks to Ann McGauran about why councils north of the border have kept on balancing their budgets, the Barnett funding formula and the need to engage with communities'

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025
Retrofitting in a personal way

Retrofitting in a personal way

By Leonie Taylor | 02 June 2025

Tania Carregha and Leonie Taylor explain why local government is uniquely placed to support the g...

Surrey's journey towards a cleaner energy future

By Ben McCallan | 02 June 2025

Ben McCallan explains how Surrey CC has helped establish a community energy sector by building st...

From reorganisation to recovery

By Juliette Alban-Metcalfe | 02 June 2025

Juliette Alban-Metcalfe and Leatham Green look at how to navigate the emotional fallout of local ...

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...

MHCLG floats post-reorganisation social care partnerships

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has suggested social care partn...

Hampshire reorganisation blow

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2025

A blow has been dealt to joint working on reorganisation in Hampshire and the Solent after the co...

Keeping devolution in sight

By Caroline Green | 02 June 2025

Across Oxfordshire and neighbouring councils, there is real appetite for a collective devolution ...