Designing a better framework for public scrutiny
FINANCE

Designing a better framework for public scrutiny

By Tracy Bingham | 08 May 2025

For participation and oversight over council finances, we need to get behind Research for Action's call to make council budget and monitoring data widely available and support residents to engage w...

FINANCE

Investment boost to help scale green municipal market

By Dan Peters | 08 May 2025

Two major private organisations have committed funding to scale the green municipal investment ma...

INTERVENTION

Ministerial envoys to be sent to Warrington

By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025

A team of ministerial envoys are to be sent to Warrington BC amid doubts over the council’s ‘will...

FINANCE

McMahon: End to 'shaming' preventing bankruptcies

By Martin Ford | 07 May 2025

An end to ‘public shaming’ of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government...

FINANCE

Burnham admits Crossrail funding 'mistake'

By Martin Ford | 06 May 2025

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said he regrets not implementing land value capture as ...

FINANCE

Carrying the burden

By Adele Taylor | 02 May 2025

It's time for the Government to deliver on promises to alleviate administrative burdens, writes A...

SOCIAL CARE

Care reform will take a decade to be delivered

By Lee Peart | 02 May 2025

The first phase of social care reform will take 10 years to be fully delivered, it has emerged.

LEGAL

LGR: Key considerations for monitoring officers

By Tiffany Cloynes | 01 May 2025

Tiffany Cloynes, Rebecca Gilbert and Megan Tam look at how local authorities and monitoring offic...

REORGANISATION

Surrey councils stand firm in reorganisation plans

By Izzy Lepone | 01 May 2025

Surrey’s councils have published proposals for local government reorganisation, defying the Gover...

REORGANISATION

Delivering innovative services and reorganisation

By Paul Marinko | 30 April 2025

In an epoch-defining moment for local government, will reorganisation turbo charge innovation or ...

FINANCE

Call for SEND deficit assurance

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2025

The freshly-appointed president of the Society of County Treasurers has called on the Government ...

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Help us shape a greener, safer and fairer borough.At the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we're proud of our neighbourhoods - and we're always Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council

Programme Director - Devolution

£79,486 to £87,973 with an additional market supplement of £10,000

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Westmorland and Furness & Cumberland Council

Senior Lawyer - WMF2031e

£55,119 - £57,362

A great opportunity has arisen at Westmorland and Furness Council within our Adults Legal Team for a Senior Lawyer. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council