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Westmorland and Furness appoints first CEO

By Martin Ford | 25 July 2022

The current chief executive at Barrow BC, Sam Plum, will take on the role at the new unitary coun...

Social care facing 'greatest workforce crisis in history'

By Martin Ford | 25 July 2022

An extra 490,000 social care jobs will be required in the coming years, a new report has found. 

County fends off £500k cyber fraud attempts

By Martin Ford | 22 July 2022

Nottinghamshire CC has thwarted two attempts to defraud the council totalling more than £500,000.

LGA concern over support for refugees

By Martin Ford | 22 July 2022

Concerns over capacity to support refugees in the coming months have been raised by the Local Gov...

BCP in finance talks with ministers

By Martin Ford | 21 July 2022

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is in talks with the Government as it attempts ...

Government to gain 'blank cheque' planning powers

By Martin Ford | 20 July 2022

A controversial new clause in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will hand more powers over p...

New Somerset chief faces £44m deficit

By Martin Ford | 20 July 2022

Reining in a higher than expected budget gap will be among the priorities for the newly-announced...

Liverpool appoints new head of paid service

By Martin Ford | 19 July 2022

Liverpool City Council has appointed its director of adult services and health, Anne Marie Lubans...

Surge in homeless Ukrainian households

By Martin Ford | 19 July 2022

The number of Ukrainian families in need of homelessness support from councils has almost doubled...

Wandsworth and Richmond name joint chief

By Martin Ford | 19 July 2022

Chief executive of Bristol City Council, Mike Jackson, is to take up the post subject to votes by...