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IMPROVEMENT
Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
By Joe Lepper | 13 March 2026
Recruitment challenges are hindering continued improvement at Sandwell Council, a Local Government Association corporate peer challenge review has warned.
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...
EDUCATION
Council leaders 'failing' on SEND amid soaring demand, CCN admits
14 November 2025
Council leaders across the country are ‘failing' to ensure that the needs of young people with sp...
WORKFORCE
EXCLUSIVE: Succession headache for sector
By Dan Peters | 05 November 2025
Councils are ‘on the brink of staffing crisis’ due to their ageing workforce, public sector tradi...
WORKFORCE
Lead with function and the form will follow
By Alistair Sharpe-Neal | 23 October 2025
Be clear about what you are trying to achieve before you commit to the staff structure to deliver...
SCOTLAND
Watchdog urges councils to improve staff support
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
Councils in Scotland have been urged by local government watchdog the Accounts Commission to impr...
COUNCIL STAFF
EXCLUSIVE: Director suspended by county amid reorganisation vacuum
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2025
A director remains out of the office on full pay almost three months on from being suspended, The...
ELECTIONS
Under pressure: The strain of snap elections
By Peter Stanyon | 09 July 2025
Peter Stanyon says election teams must have the legislation, systems and funding in place if they...
REORGANISATION
Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025
Local government reorganisation could lead to a sector brain drain, senior figures have warned.
WORKFORCE
Is there a gorilla in our midst?
By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2025
Jonathan Werran argues that existing local government staffing and resourcing could struggle to d...
UNIONS
Time to reverse course?
By Paul Bell | 17 January 2025
Unison’s Paul Bell looks at the impact of LATCs and evaluates the long-term risk to council workf...
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- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
Advanced Social Work Practitioner
£51,356.00 - £54,495.00, Grade 12, 37 hours, Permanent
You will be expected and enabled to contribute to workforce development and staff wellbeing. Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join Calderdale’s Highways Maintenance service. Apply for this job
Director of Public Health
£109,483 to £122,620
This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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