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PLANNING
IPPR calls for stronger planning departments
By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025
Government should beef up planning departments to achieve its 1.5 million new homes target, a thi...
HOUSING
Government must tackle planning's capacity problem
By Laura Markus | 12 February 2025
Lack of council resources and capacity is a significant block to development, and to the delivery...
POLITICS
Housing: This time it's personal
By Martin Ford | 12 February 2025
Martin Ford sat down with the Housing, Communities and Local Government committee’s new chair Flo...
HOUSING
Social housing waiting lists to 'top two million'
By Joe Lepper | 04 February 2025
The number of households on social housing waiting lists in England could top two million by 2034...
HOMELESSNESS
'No desire' to address short-term homelessness system
By Ellie Ames | 24 January 2025
MPs have warned there is seemingly ‘no desire to move away from an unsatisfactory short-term syst...
HOUSING
LGA steps in to address North-South housing tensions
By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2025
Sector tensions between the North and South over out-of-area placements have prompted the Local G...
ASYLUM
Addressing asylum
By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2025
Paul Marinko looks at the outlook for asylum accommodation and finds that, despite complex challe...
HOUSING
English councils call for further Right to Buy reforms
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2025
The Government must go further with its reforms of Right to Buy (RtB) to give councils more flexi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
ADCS: Cuts have led to poor safeguarding outcomes for children
By William Eichler | 15 January 2025
The combination of poor-quality housing and the cost-of-living crisis is contributing to ‘family ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Former council chief charged after Just Stop Oil protest
13 January 2025
A former council chief executive has been charged after two Just Stop Oil protesters spray painte...
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- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
- Social care vacancies at decade low but recruitment growth slows
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Rayner expected to send in commissioners to Bedford BC
- EXCLUSIVE: Labour-led Brent and Barking and Dagenham miss out on first round of London homes cash
Chief Executive
Competitive Salary
If you share that attitude and have the skills and experience to deliver, you could be our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
Premium jobThis is a unique opportunity to serve as the independent champion for Service personnel Apply for this job
Strategic Leads
£87,249 to £95,382
Premium jobAs a Strategic Lead, you will play a central role in the next phase of this journey. We are seeking an ambitious and inspiring leaders Apply for this job
- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
- Social care vacancies at decade low but recruitment growth slows
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Rayner expected to send in commissioners to Bedford BC
- EXCLUSIVE: Labour-led Brent and Barking and Dagenham miss out on first round of London homes cash
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