Title
SOLACE
Turning words into deeds on diversity
By Nazeya Hussain | 17 January 2023
Local government hasn’t got time to waste in tackling racism, say Nazeya Hussain and Chris Naylor...
ENVIRONMENT
Local net zero push held back by Government, review finds
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023
Local authorities’ efforts to achieve net zero are being held back, according to a Government-com...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Fair funding delay 'missed opportunity'
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2023
Pushing back the long-awaited fair funding review risks making the process even more difficult, a...
DEVOLUTION
More resources needed to tackle anti-social conduct
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2023
Councils need resources to meet the Government’s aim of tackling anti-social behaviour, Prime Min...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Culture clash doomed merger
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2023
Councils should be wary of clashing of cultures after it led to the collapse of a council merger,...
WHITEHALL
Heslop: Councils are Government funding priority
By Martin Ford | 10 January 2023
Local authorities rival health and education as a funding priority for the Government, a Whitehal...
FINANCE
DLUHC: More section 114 notices not expected
By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2023
Whitehall officials are not expecting councils to issue further section 114 notices in the coming...
SOLACE
So many failures looks like carelessness, as Oscar Wilde almost said
By Abdool Kara | 10 January 2023
Some combination of senior councillors and officers is at fault when it comes to council failures...
FINANCE
A review of funding is essential
By Patrick Melia | 10 January 2023
The repeatedly late publication of the provisional local government finance settlement is deeply ...
HEALTH
Government care home plan could create more problems, councils fear
By Paul Marinko | 09 January 2023
Councils fear the Government’s plans to buy up care home places to help with hospital discharges ...
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Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
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Executive Director Finance, Governance and Assets (s151)
£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
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