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COUNCIL TAX
Council tax revaluation urged
By Martin Ford | 10 April 2026
The Government has been urged to carry out a council tax revaluation as part of a simplification of the system.
SIGOMA
From spreadsheets to services: How Fair Funding is starting to reach communities
By Sally Jameson | 09 April 2026
Having worked hard to secure the Fair Funding Settlement, the responsibility now is to show clear...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
By William Eichler | 08 April 2026
Councils are raiding reserves and slashing non-statutory services to keep pace with a ‘precarious...
COUNCIL TAX
EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
By Dan Peters | 08 April 2026
Poorer areas tend to offer less council tax support than more affluent areas more than a decade a...
LATCOS
ODS: Balancing operational efficiency with a commitment to communities
By Simon Howick | 08 April 2026
The future of local government service delivery will depend on organisations that can combine com...
FINANCE
LGPS performing well, pension advisers say
By Neil Merrick | 07 April 2026
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is performing well and managing risk responsibly durin...
WHITEHALL
Fresh call for national Housing First rollout
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2026
A charity has called for the Government to lead a national programme that provides homeless peopl...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government silence on planning fees control timeline
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2026
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has refused to indicate when co...
REORGANISATION
Councils must be empowered to set all fees and charges
By Ian Miller | 02 April 2026
Ian Miller says it’s time to end the centralism where fees and charges 'are set by Whitehall, don...
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...
FINANCE
Reed to activate intervention powers
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2026
Questions have been raised over Government moves to implement fresh direct intervention powers in...
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Head of Change
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Southwark is delivering an ambitious transformation programme to improve services and deliver financial sustainability. Apply for this job
Head of Data, Performance and Insight
£69,537 - £86,766 per year
Southwark is strengthening how it uses data, insight and performance information to support better decision-making and improve outcomes for residents. Apply for this job
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