FINANCE

Council funding gap 'unbridgeable'

By Martin Ford | 10 February 2025

The Treasury has come under fire from peers for adding to councils’ financial pressures with incr...

POLITICS

Government increases public health grant by 5.4%

By Lee Peart | 07 February 2025

A £200m boost to public health services from 2024-25 has been announced by the Government.

FINANCE

Minister told districts funding level 'just not acceptable'

By Martin Ford | 06 February 2025

Local government minister Jim McMahon has responded to claims district authorities will see littl...

REORGANISATION

Under pressure small unitaries push back over reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2025

Smaller unitaries were this week pushing back against the Government’s reorganisation drive, insi...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

A new way forward for UK councils on the climate emergency

By Miles Ashton | 06 February 2025

Within the context of increasing pressure on PWLB funding, councils need mechanisms like Local Cl...

INNOVATION

Innovation: the key

By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2025

Local government is feeling the squeeze. To transform services, it must unlock innovation, writes...

FINANCE

Struggling to be glass half full

By Adele Taylor | 05 February 2025

Watching budget proposals for the next year and medium-term, Adele Taylor says that even she is s...

PLACE-MAKING

Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy

By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025

Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...

FINANCE

Is this really handing local leaders power over their finances?

By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2025

There was no sense of irony in the finance settlement when the Ministry of Housing, Communities a...

FINANCE

National Insurance compensation allocations 'sensible'

By Dan Peters | 04 February 2025

The Government’s approach to distributing compensation to councils for higher National Insurance ...

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Carbon and Net Zero Manager

£47,754 - £50,788

To lead and manage the carbon strategy for the Agent by developing a programme Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Assistant Director of City Transport

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director of City Sustainability

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council