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LEGISLATION
Government rejects levelling up mission on child poverty
21 February 2023
A Lords’ amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill requiring a clear mission on child p...
PLANNING
Fighting for freedom
By Ann McGauran | 21 February 2023
The District Councils’ Network conference takes place this week. Ann McGauran talks to those who ...
LEGISLATION
MJ Housing: Ready for regulation
By Kate Dodsworth | 15 February 2023
As new legislation heralds greater power for housing regulation, Kate Dodsworth suggests councils...
WHITEHALL
Council considers legal action amid asylum row
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
Brighton & Hove City Council is considering legal action against the Government to resolve a disp...
WHITEHALL
Eastleigh finance review to start
By Paul Marinko | 07 February 2023
The Government has commissioned a review of Eastleigh BC’s finances to start this week after conc...
WHITEHALL
Officials may break law by using tablets at elections
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023
Returning officers (ROs) are weighing up whether to risk breaking the law by replacing paper regi...
WHITEHALL
Abuse inquiry in risk warning
By Mark Conrad | 17 January 2023
Experts have warned Whitehall’s rejection of key proposals from the Independent Inquiry into Chil...
LEGISLATION
Councils named and shamed by Housing Ombudsman
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2022
Some 19 councils have been named for being among the landlords with the highest proportion of hou...
LEGISLATION
Procurement: helping to get the best deals
By David Bemrose | 07 December 2022
David Bemrose describes how Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is working with local government to bu...
WHITEHALL
Gove ditches key housing target
By Mark Conrad | 06 December 2022
Housing secretary Michael Gove has caved in to pressure from backbench MPs and watered down Gover...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
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