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LEGAL
Legal officers press for standards reform
By Martin Ford | 17 June 2019
The rise in the number of independent councillors has strengthened the case for a tougher standar...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: £95k exit cap regulations are 'lawyers' charter to print money'
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2019
Government regulations introducing a £95,000 cap on local government exit payments are a ‘lawyers...
WHITEHALL
Councils to appeal 'town hall Pravdas' ruling
By Dan Peters | 14 June 2019
Waltham Forest and Hackney LBCs will appeal after a judge backed Government attempts to stop them...
WHITEHALL
Call for Liverpool intervention after mayoral review frustration
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2019
Liverpool City Council’s Lib Dem leader has called for the Government to intervene after he claim...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Information sharing tensions found in child harm review
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2019
Legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information are contin...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Court ruling defends council but warns others
By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 June 2019
A crucial Supreme Court judgment has dismissed a family’s claim against a council for housing the...
PLANNING
Planning permission for council sports centre quashed
By Martin Ford | 10 June 2019
Elmbridge BC may be forced to demolish its multi-million pound sports hub after a High Court judg...
WHITEHALL
Uncertain wait for pension funds
By Dan Peters | 04 June 2019
Pension funds are mired in uncertainty as they wait to find out whether the Supreme Court accepts...
LEGAL
Council launches internal review after 'scandalous error'
By Mike Yuille | 03 June 2019
Plymouth City Council has launched an internal review of its voter registration processes after o...
FINANCE
Legal row could drag on for two years
By Dan Peters | 31 May 2019
A row between councils and supermarkets over business rates charged on cash machines could be tie...
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Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
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£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: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
- Calls for all councils to develop unique place-based growth plans
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