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POLICY AND POLITICS
Consensus emerges over statutory climate change duty
By Joe Lepper | 02 October 2025
A ‘clear consensus’ has emerged among councils for the sector to be subject to a statutory climat...
LEGAL
Legal action over councillor media ban
By William Eichler | 01 October 2025
A local newspaper group has launched legal action against a decision by Reform UK-led Nottinghams...
LEGAL
Gwynedd to appeal court block on second homes clampdown
By Martin Ford | 29 September 2025
Gwynedd Council is preparing to launch an appeal after losing a legal challenge to its clampdown ...
REORGANISATION
Portsmouth formally requests reorganisation exemption
By Dan Peters | 26 September 2025
Portsmouth City Council has formally requested to be excluded from the local government reorganis...
FINANCE
Dorset hopes to recover potential contract fraud losses
By Neil Merrick | 23 September 2025
A council that sacked 11 interim officers over the potential mismanagement of a multi-million pou...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Judicial review threat for food waste laggards
By Dan Peters | 16 September 2025
English councils that fail to offer separate food waste collections to all homes from April could...
WORKFORCE
The new fire and rehire regime: what you need to know
By Anna Scott | 12 September 2025
Rebecca McGuirk and Anna Scott look at details of the Employment Rights Bill and say if there are...
FINANCE
IFS: SEND review needs to offer long-term solution
By Joe Lepper | 12 September 2025
The forthcoming Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) review needs to offer a long-te...
FINANCE
Shropshire declares 'financial emergency'
By Dan Peters | 11 September 2025
Shropshire Council has declared a ‘financial emergency’ as it seeks to avoid effective bankruptcy.
HEALTH
Council threatens legal action over ICB recovery programme
By Lee Peart | 10 September 2025
St Helens Borough Council is considering legal action against NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB ove...
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Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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