FINANCE

Minister claims councils' financial issues due to investments

By Martin Ford | 23 February 2021

Commercial investments rather than a lack of central funding is at the root of councils’ financia...

HOUSING

The search for answers on housing delivery

By Adrian Jenkins | 22 February 2021

The consultation on the replacement to the New Homes Bonus does not shed any light on how the Gov...

WHITEHALL

MHCLG to open Wolverhampton base

By Laura Sharman | 22 February 2021

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is to open a second headquarter...

WHITEHALL

Government 'open' to receiving Oxfordshire merger proposal

By Dan Peters | 18 February 2021

The Government is ‘open’ to receiving a proposal for a merger of South Oxfordshire and Vale of Wh...

ENVIRONMENT

MPs call for flood support

By Martin Ford | 15 February 2021

A group of cross-party MPs has joined calls for funding to support areas flooded during Storm Chr...

FINANCE

Uncertain future for New Homes Bonus

By Martin Ford | 12 February 2021

Raising the baseline and withholding payments for councils without local plans are among a range ...

FINANCE

Finance chiefs' rates warning

By Heather Jameson | 10 February 2021

Potential cuts to the rateable values of business properties in light of COVID could have a ‘cata...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Experienced drivers wanted

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2021

Let our localities choose which local delivery vehicles should drive growth and recovery from gov...

BUSINESS RATES

There is no better time to sort out funding

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021

Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Four senior Croydon officers suspended

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021

Crisis-hit Croydon LBC has suspended a big chunk of its senior leadership in a bombshell move.

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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

Assistant Director Finance & Governance

Up to £111,216 per annum

We’re looking for a committed Assistant Director, Finance and Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer. Apply for this job

Basildon Borough Council

Chief Executive

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Lambeth is a borough with social justice at its heart. Apply for this job

Lambeth Council

frederica-diamanta

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

Assistant Director Finance & Governance

Up to £111,216 per annum

We’re looking for a committed Assistant Director, Finance and Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer. Apply for this job

Basildon Borough Council

Chief Executive

Circa £200,000

Lambeth is a borough with social justice at its heart. Apply for this job

Lambeth Council