MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements

MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025

Engagement between the UK Government and councils has generally improved since Labour’s General E...

EXCLUSIVE: Sector bodies decline to join legal challenge

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025

The County Councils’ Network (CCN) and Rural Services’ Network (RSN) will not financially support...

Dorset names Howe as new chief

By MJ reporter | 02 April 2025

Dr Catherine Howe has been named as the new chief executive of Dorset Council.

Burnham: Overhaul British state to boost economic growth

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2025

Greater Manchester’s mayor has called for ‘wholesale change in the architecture and culture of th...

Whitehall dismisses Homes England cull reports

By Heather Jameson | 02 April 2025

Reports the Government plans to abolish Homes England as part of a cull of quangos have been dism...

frederica-diamanta

Independent Chair of Audit & Governance Committee

Annual allowance of £4500

The Audit and Governance Committee provides a key source of assurance on the Council’s audit and corporate governance arrangements. Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council

Strategic Director

From £102,820 to £118,280 and Essential Car user Allowance

We are about to embark on a major transformation in Hampshire and Isle of Wight with the creation of a Strategic Authority... Apply for this job

Winchester City Council

Site Manager - Highways

Competitive Salary

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for Three Permanent Site Managers to join our dynamic Severn Bridges Inspection and Maintenance team. Apply for this job

Amey

frederica-diamanta

Independent Chair of Audit & Governance Committee

Annual allowance of £4500

The Audit and Governance Committee provides a key source of assurance on the Council’s audit and corporate governance arrangements. Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council

Strategic Director

From £102,820 to £118,280 and Essential Car user Allowance

We are about to embark on a major transformation in Hampshire and Isle of Wight with the creation of a Strategic Authority... Apply for this job

Winchester City Council

Site Manager - Highways

Competitive Salary

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for Three Permanent Site Managers to join our dynamic Severn Bridges Inspection and Maintenance team. Apply for this job

Amey

Selling the family silver

'Heritage assets can cost councils hundreds of thousands of pounds to maintain, and with times as tough as they are it could feel like the natural option to sell them. But that might not always be the best solution – or even possible, as Emily Twinch finds out '

24 March 2025
Up and away

Up and away

'St Helens MBC’s corporate peer challenge will deliver good news for the council’s retiring chief executive Kath O’Dwyer and the leader Anthony Burns. Ann McGauran reports.'

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2025
A bird's eye view of rough sleeping

A bird's eye view of rough sleeping

By Becky Rice | 03 April 2025

A new tool brings together data to provide a more sophisticated analysis of both London’s rough s...

A bird's eye view of rough sleeping

By Becky Rice | 02 April 2025

A new tool brings together data to provide a far more sophisticated analysis of both London’s rou...

New towns: Practical strategies for success

By Patrick Clarke | 01 April 2025

Patrick Clarke explores the approach local authorities will need to take to create viable new tow...

East Sussex unitary 'probably most likely option'

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2025

A single tier East Sussex unitary of around 550,000 people is 'probably the most likely' reorgani...

Early confirmation needed on preparatory costs of reorganisation

By Ian Miller | 31 March 2025

By not providing funding for transitional costs, the Government ensures savings will not be avail...

County clashes with districts over reorganisation engagement

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2025

Surrey CC has accused its district and borough councils of publishing a ‘purposefully biased’ and...

Let's plant new bulbs to bloom stronger

By Tracy Bingham | 28 March 2025

Funding reform and reorganisation have a role, but a real-terms sector funding injection is also ...