Department ditches NEDs
PEOPLE

Department ditches NEDs

By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2024

The non-executive directors of what was the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have all been sacked by the new Government, sweeping out the old regime’s appointments.

GOVERNMENT

Department ditches 'levelling up' moniker

By Mark Conrad | 08 July 2024

Prime minister Keir Starmer has ditched Whitehall’s 'levelling up' department and re-named it wit...

FINANCE

Council spending down to £113bn

By Michael Burton | 08 July 2024

English councils spent £113.5bn in 2022/23 of which almost two thirds was on education and social...

GENERAL ELECTION

The most predictable and yet surprising General Election

By Duncan Flynn | 08 July 2024

The confirmation that Angela Rayner, Matthew Pennycook and Jim McMahon will form the core Ministe...

GENERAL ELECTION

McMahon and Pennycook announced as ministers

By Heather Jameson | 07 July 2024

Former Oldham MBC leader Jim McMahon has been appointed has a minister in the Department for Leve...

GENERAL ELECTION

Rayner named levelling up secretary

By Martin Ford | 05 July 2024

Angela Rayner has been named secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

LABOUR PARTY

Forging ahead with optimism

By Ann McGauran | 03 July 2024

Labour’s Dame Meg Hillier talks to Ann McGauran about doing slow politics, the ‘big nasties’ any ...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Asylum dispersals tied to pressure on services

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 26 June 2024

Existing pressures on housing and services will determine the distribution of asylum seekers this...

LEGAL

The last barrier for leaseholders

By Sir Bob Neill | 25 June 2024

Sir Bob Neill calls on the next Government to ‘complete the journey’ of reform for leaseholders b...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Cam's video blooper

19 June 2024

Foreign secretary David Cameron has been forced to admit he held a video call with a hoaxer claim...

PLANNING

Planning officer boost needed to meet parties' housing goals

By Emily Twinch | 18 June 2024

A major boost to planning department resources would be needed to meet the housebuilding aims of ...

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Head of Strategic Planning and Housing

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We are looking for an experienced professional to lead on delivering the new Local Plan for the Borough. Apply for this job

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Glasgow is a city with a proud heritage, that is ambitious for the future. Apply for this job

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