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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026
Sussex leaders are to demand ministers fully explain why they have delayed a final reorganisation decision, or they will consider launching a judicial review.
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Government 'not planning' judicial reviews for councils missing food waste rollout
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026
The Government is not planning on hitting English councils that have failed to roll out separate ...
REORGANISATION
Toil, then trouble on LGR
By Martin Ford | 02 April 2026
The Government has announced its decisions on new unitaries in four of the Devolution Priority Pr...
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
How to reap the diversity dividend
By Simon Fanshawe | 01 April 2026
Diversity policies must drop performative gestures and provide evidence of change to the lives of...
HOUSING
New towns strategy faces critical test of local consent
By John Gregory | 01 April 2026
John Gregory examines how the Government's new towns programme prioritises speed over scale and w...
REORGANISATION
Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 26 March 2026
Essex CC is looking to mount a legal challenge to the Government's decision to reorganise the cou...
HOUSING
EXCLUSIVE: Rising temporary accommodation bill fuelled by B&B exodus
By Dan Peters | 26 March 2026
The amount of money spent by councils in the capital on the most expensive type of emergency temp...
ASYLUM
Epping Forest ends legal fight over asylum hotel
By Martin Ford | 13 March 2026
Epping Forest DC has admitted defeat in its long-running legal battle over the use of a hotel to ...
FUTURE FORUM
Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
By Ann McGauran | 12 March 2026
Councils need to put ‘rules and tools ‘ in place if they are expecting a political change ‘or a ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Commissioner threatens legal action after censure
By Neil Merrick | 10 March 2026
A police and crime commissioner (PCC) who attended a protest against asylum seekers moving onto h...
ASYLUM
Epping Forest DC challenges High Court on Bell Hotel ruling
By Martin Ford | 06 March 2026
Epping Forest DC has returned to court in an attempt to secure an injunction against the use of t...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
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