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MENTAL HEALTH
Government fails on mental health funding pledge
By Exclusive by Dan Peters | 21 January 2026
The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental health support team (MHST) by March, it has emerged.
DEVOLUTION
The march of the metro mayors
By Vijay K Luthra | 21 January 2026
Patrick Diamond and Vijay K Luthra look at what England’s metro mayors can really change. And wha...
FINANCE
Trafford bid for £20m EFS
By Joe Lepper | 16 January 2026
Trafford Council is to ask Whitehall for more than £20m in exceptional financial support (EFS) af...
HOUSING
Reed hails housing starts increase
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2026
The number of new build starts in the year ending September 2025 has increased by 18% compared to...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Hundreds of children failed by 'dysfunctional' care system
By William Eichler | 16 January 2026
Hundreds of vulnerable children in England are being placed for months in illegal, unregistered h...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Cotton piles pressure on West Midlands Police chief to stand down
By Dan Peters | 15 January 2026
Birmingham City Council’s Labour leader John Cotton has called for the chief constable of West Mi...
DEVOLUTION
Call for devolved capital budgets
By Martin Ford | 19 December 2025
A revised Green Book will not be a panacea for shifting investment outside south-east England, a ...
NET ZERO
Whitehall sets up virtual meetings to clarify councils' net zero roles
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 19 December 2025
Whitehall has formed a virtual working group with local government officers to provide ‘clarity’ ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils stripped of asylum data access
By Dan Peters | 18 December 2025
Councils have been stripped of access to information about asylum seeker accommodation after the ...
WHITEHALL
MHCLG covert intelligence gathering was 'unauthorised'
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2025
Covert intelligence gathering by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG...
UNITARY
New unitaries to be hit by right to work check duty
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025
Councils created under reorganisation will have to carry out fresh right to work checks for staff...
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Director of Property
£113,334 to £119,346
Shape the estate. Enable services. Deliver social value. Apply for this job
Director of Families, Quality & Commissioning
£126,543 to £132,441
Keep children safe. Strengthen families. Lead with purpose. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health (DASS)
£166,755 to £173,133
Lewisham is defined by energy, diversity and ambition. Apply for this job
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