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PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
It's time to break the pattern of reliance on pilot schemes
By Annabel Smith | 09 December 2025
Annabel Smith urges the Government to move beyond the cycle of pilot schemes and adopt a more mis...
FINANCE
Budget: The effects on combined and strategic authorities
By Tiffany Cloynes | 05 December 2025
Tiffany Cloynes looks at at the financial implications of the Budget for combined authorities and...
FINANCE
Don't let lack of cash fail Total Place 2.0
By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2025
Reeves was never going to magic up a solution to public sector funding woes in the Budget, 'but t...
BUDGET 2025
Rachel Reeves: The Queen of fiscal drag
By Mike Emmerich | 28 November 2025
The chancellor may have done respectably on putting the public finances on a more secure long-ter...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Government to fund SEND
By Heather Jameson | 26 November 2025
Government will fully fund Special Educational Needs and Disabilities from 2028-29, cutting one o...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed lobbies Treasury over fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed has made the case to the Treasury for devolving fiscal powe...
FINANCE
Predictions of low take up for retention pooling scheme
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2025
Take up of a government invitation to councils to join the business rates retention pooling schem...
FINANCE
Districts sound fair funding alarm
By Martin Ford | 21 July 2025
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has joined inner London boroughs in sounding the alarm over ...
FINANCE
Grant funding's phase-in
By Ann McGauran | 02 July 2025
The fair funding review 2.0 has landed, but will it put the whole of a beleaguered sector onto a ...
FINANCE
Rates reset could force 'deep cuts'
By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025
Local authorities will be forced to make ‘deep cuts to important services’ if the Government push...
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Service Manager - Regulated Services and CQC Oversight
£69,037
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven leader to join our Adult Social Care team Apply for this job
Director of Transport and Climate
£96,900 - £112,827
In Reading, we’re laying the foundations for a borough that is bold, connected and ready for what’s next. Apply for this job
Director of Planning, Economy and Public Protection
£96,900 - £112,827
Reading is one of the UK’s most dynamic urban economies. Apply for this job
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