Title

Warrington looking at security measures for staff over flag removal
WORKFORCE

Warrington looking at security measures for staff over flag removal

By Martin Ford | 13 October 2025

Warrington Council is looking at implementing costly security measures to protect staff removing St George’s cross and Union flags.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Killian 'shocked and saddened' by Manchester synagogue attack

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2025

Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Joanna Killian said she was ‘shocked and sadde...

WHITEHALL

Councils to call for tighter HMO controls

By Neil Merrick | 02 October 2025

Councils are expected to call for tighter controls over houses in multiple occupation (HMO) after...

COHESION

Time to ACT on terrorism

By Dr Amy Batley | 01 October 2025

A new counter-terrorism system – ACT for local authorities – puts the emphasis on five areas of...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Government axes cohesion fund

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2025

The Government has insisted it is ‘absolutely committed to bridging the divides between our commu...

COHESION

Everyday community engagement is quietly transforming lives

By Caroline Green | 15 September 2025

Frontline officers and grassroots initiatives are fostering integration, wellbeing, and social co...

COHESION

Riding out the perfect storm

By Niall Bolger | 11 September 2025

Niall Bolger says communities are in crisis and leaders must respond with compassion, presence an...

COHESION

Flagging up a problem

By Kathy O'Leary | 05 September 2025

Kathy O' Leary says that while the legal guidance stresses that flags are a very British way of e...

POLITICS

New politics, new tensions

By Rob Whiteman | 02 September 2025

As Reform UK gathers this week for its annual conference, Rob Whiteman argues that with the party...

COHESION

Call for Government to work with councils on cohesion

By Martin Ford | 02 September 2025

Pleas have been made to the Government to work with councils amid violence and confrontations bet...

LEGAL

Staying sensible when legal issues get polarised

By Aneeka Muneer | 28 August 2025

Aneeka Muneer considers the role of local government lawyers in balancing law, politics, place an...

frederica-diamanta

Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

Shape the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious and distinctive places. Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

Durham County Council

frederica-diamanta

Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

Shape the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious and distinctive places. Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

Durham County Council