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ELECTIONS
Election fears raised with ministers
By Martin Ford | 05 December 2023
Concern among council officers was detailed in a new Government-commissioned report on the implem...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Meet the Department for Levelling Down
By Cllr Graham Chapman | 04 December 2023
Calling an entity a Levelling Up Department, doesn’t make it level things up, especially when its...
FINANCE
Are we heading to a funding train crash?
By Ian Miller | 04 December 2023
The District Councils’ Network 'seeks at least a 6% increase in core spending power for districts...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
NCASC: Social care 'doing a good job' getting investment
By Ann McGauran | 30 November 2023
Those working in adult social care are ‘already doing a very good job at getting investment and c...
WHITEHALL
Home Office admits 'more we can and need to do'
By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023
More needs to be done to share data and improve communications with councils, Home Office mandari...
FINANCE
Council reprimanded after suffering Cyber attack
By Martin Ford | 28 November 2023
Gloucester City Council has pledged lessons will be learnt following a reprimand from a data watc...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Public services out in the cold
By Michael Burton | 27 November 2023
There was little joy for under-pressure public sector budgets including local government from las...
AUTUMN STATEMENT
Fulfilling a crucial role for children
By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2023
As directors of children’s services prepare to attend the National Children and Adult Services Co...
WHITEHALL
Councils welcome PWLB rate extension
By Dan Peters | 27 November 2023
Councils have welcomed chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s decision to extend preferential Public Works Loan...
WHITEHALL
Pressure for LGA peer review to be strengthened
By Dan Peters | 27 November 2023
Senior Local Government Association (LGA) figures are pushing the organisation to beef up its pee...
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- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
- Rewiring the state: The case for a 50 to state pension age labour market measure
- Scottish councils reject reorganisation
Associate Director – Acquisitions, Compliance & Maintenance
£111,579 - £122,596
Shape Dudley’s future through bold investment, safe homes and transformational estate leadership. Apply for this job
Associate Director – Streetscene
£96,064 - £107,932
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an exceptional leader to join our senior leadership team as Associate Director – Streetscene Apply for this job
Executive Director of Housing
£172,260 - £178,848
We will look to you to strengthen regulatory readiness, compliance and building safety; improve repairs Apply for this job
- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
- Rewiring the state: The case for a 50 to state pension age labour market measure
- Scottish councils reject reorganisation
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