ECONOMIC GROWTH

Achieving Ashfield's Towns Fund vision

By Theresa Hodgkinson | 01 July 2021

Ashfield’s Towns Fund bid won it £62.6m – the highest amount in the country. Theresa Hodgkinson r...

FINANCE

Government asks CIPFA to review eight councils

By Martin Ford | 01 July 2021

Eight councils granted ‘exceptional support’ from the Government are to undergo independent revie...

WHITEHALL

Special needs deficits to grow to £1.3bn in two years

By Dan Peters | 30 June 2021

A ‘spiralling deficit’ in special educational needs services (SEN) is expected to grow to an ‘unm...

WHITEHALL

Rough sleeping fears amid Everyone In wind down

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2021

Fears that rough sleepers will again become a fixture on Britain’s streets have emerged as the su...

FINANCE

Council chief tells staff of 'bleak' financial picture

By Martin Ford | 25 June 2021

Slough Council’s chief executive Josie Wragg has warned the council faces a ‘bleak’ financial sit...

FINANCE

Where did it all go wrong on audit?

By Lorna Baxter | 23 June 2021

Lorna Baxter says we need to be able to show taxpayers how we have spent their money and that pro...

FINANCE

Districts squeezed out of new burdens cash

By Heather Jameson | 23 June 2021

District councils have been squeezed out of new burdens funding for housing victims of domestic a...

WHITEHALL

Planning reforms would 'silence communities'

By Martin Ford | 22 June 2021

MPs have launched a scathing attack on the Government’s planning White Paper.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Call for government to match local ambitions on climate change

By Martin Ford | 22 June 2021

Councils have said their efforts to reduce carbon emissions are being constrained by a lack of po...

WHITEHALL

Khan: Councils on the frontline of tackling extremism

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2021

Local authorities are on the ‘frontline’ of the battle against extremism, an adviser to Prime Min...

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director Property

up to £91k

Around a 30-minute train journey from the centre of London. Apply for this job

Dacorum Borough Council

Social Care & Education Advocate

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000.

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Assistant Director, Policy, Partnerships & Communications

Up to £92,412 per annum

you’ll manage the Council’s Policy and Strategy Delivery; Communications, Events and Public Affairs. Apply for this job

Basildon Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director Property

up to £91k

Around a 30-minute train journey from the centre of London. Apply for this job

Dacorum Borough Council

Social Care & Education Advocate

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000.

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Assistant Director, Policy, Partnerships & Communications

Up to £92,412 per annum

you’ll manage the Council’s Policy and Strategy Delivery; Communications, Events and Public Affairs. Apply for this job

Basildon Borough Council