Title
FINANCE
A taxing dilemma
By Paul Marinko | 27 August 2025
Councils calling for council tax reform should be careful what they wish for, writes Paul Marinko
INVESTMENT
Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment
By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025
Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...
REORGANISATION
Three years left to live?
By Dan Peters | 02 June 2025
Reorganisation proposals for Surrey have sparked divisions, even between councils with the same p...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Rewriting the Green Book
By Martin Ford | 07 April 2025
With a Government review of the Treasury’s investment Green Book under way, Martin Ford looks at ...
FINANCE
Whole government response required to secure councils' finances
By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2025
Making councils financially sustainable requires a whole government response led by the Ministry ...
REGENERATION
Corridor of Uncertainty
By David Blackman | 19 February 2025
Confirmed during the chancellor’s recent announcement, the latest revival of the Oxford to Cambri...
REORGANISATION
A magic population number for local government is a fallacy
By Colin Copus | 10 February 2025
The Government is progressing with a centralisation agenda dividing local government into deliver...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: 'Revise the rule book'
By By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2024
The Treasury should look again at its Green Book rules to help local authorities, a council chief...
FINANCE
Searching for clarity
By Sir Bob Neill | 24 October 2024
A big week is coming up at Westminster – but what is in it for local government, asks Sir Bob Neill.
GENERAL ELECTION
As ever the challenge will be execution
By By Ben Page | 09 July 2024
If parties campaign in poetry and govern in prose, after a thrilling campaign, the fun starts her...
FINANCE
Chancellor announces return of housing targets
By Martin Ford | 08 July 2024
Labour’s new chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the return of compulsory housebuilding targets.
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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
Director of Corporate Services
£103,200 plus excellent pension scheme
We are a forward-looking organisation that genuinely wants to live our new values of People, Pride, Performance and Progress. Apply for this job
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