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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...
REORGANISATION
Councils seek legal advice amid reorganisation confusion
By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2025
Councils facing boundary changes as part of local government reorganisation are seeking legal adv...
ASYLUM
Epping Forest to continue asylum hotel battle
By Martin Ford | 03 September 2025
Epping Forest DC has continued its legal battle against use of The Bell Hotel for asylum accommod...
POLITICS
New politics, new tensions
By Rob Whiteman | 02 September 2025
As Reform UK gathers this week for its annual conference, Rob Whiteman argues that with the party...
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Strategic Risk Manager
£59,962.00, Grade 14, 37 hours, Permanent
Are you ready to lead the strategic risk and insurance agenda for a forward-thinking local authority? Apply for this job
Housing and Public Protection Business Improvement Manager
£55,296 - £60,286 per annum
We have an exciting opportunity for Housing and Public Protection Business Improvement Manager to join us! Apply for this job
Deputy Director of Adult Social Services
up to £108,870
Rochdale is a diverse metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, home to around 242,000 residents. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Counties to take concerns to top
- Councils could face bill after legal clash
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Local authorities are central to building the places where people live, work and socialise
- GMB branch secretaries to go on strike against own union
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