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FAIR FUNDING
Districts take hit in fair funding review
By Martin Ford | 20 November 2025
District councils have been told their finances will take a hit as the fair funding review is published today.
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: DCN looks to 'evolve'
By Dan Peters | 18 November 2025
Chief executives and leaders have been invited to three in-person regional workshops as the Distr...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
The campaign against mega councils will continue
By Cllr Richard Wright | 17 November 2025
The knowledge that ministers agree bigger isn't necessarily best when it comes to unitarisation l...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Cuts expected after LGA overhaul
By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025
Organisation agrees to new future operating model as chief executive promises ‘step change in how...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
Temporary accommodation funding freeze costs districts £268m a year
By Dan Peters | 10 November 2025
A funding freeze on Government support for temporary accommodation is draining English district c...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
DCN chair promises 'more edge'
By Martin Ford | 29 October 2025
The new chair of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has pledged to speak for its members with ‘...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
New beginnings for DCN chair
By Martin Ford | 29 October 2025
As Richard Wright takes the reins as chair of the District Councils’ Network, he spoke to Martin ...
REORGANISATION
Local Government Reorganisation dominates DCN chat
By By Kathy O’ Leary | 24 October 2025
The District Council's Network reception may have saw the baton handed to a new chairman, but the...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
DCN: Deprivation key determinant for spending
By Neil Merrick | 20 October 2025
Unitaries with a population more than 350,000 tend to spend more per resident on services but are...
REORGANISATION
Isn't it time to accept that all current councils in shire counties should be swept away?
By Ian Miller | 20 October 2025
Ian Miller says that under LGR a ‘continuing’ county council would be required to have open compe...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
EXCLUSIVE: District dead end
By Dan Peters | 09 October 2025
Just five district council chief executives have made the move to a unitary or county council sin...
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Investment Manager
Salary: £63,537 per annum plus benefits and relocation allowance
Premium jobWe have announced a pensions administration shared service with the Teesside Pension Fund. Apply for this job
Senior Strategic Lead - Operations & Talent
£68702.00 - 71395.00 per year
Southend-on-Sea City Council is a progressive local authority dedicated to delivering exceptional services and driving meaningful change... Apply for this job
Director of Integrated Commissioning
£119,505 - £139,146 (inclusive of Choices payment of £5,727 pa)
We don’t just talk about integration in Bexley; we live and breathe it. Apply for this job
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