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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA plan hits mid ranks
By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2026
The latest plans to slash the pay for Local Government Association (LGA) staff are unlikely to hi...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Staff left reeling after LGA restructure plans
By Heather Jameson | 08 January 2026
Local Government Association (LGA) staff face pay cuts of up to £30,000 under modernisation plans.
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils stripped of asylum data access
By Dan Peters | 18 December 2025
Councils have been stripped of access to information about asylum seeker accommodation after the ...
UNITARY
New unitaries to be hit by right to work check duty
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025
Councils created under reorganisation will have to carry out fresh right to work checks for staff...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Councils to push against statistics rowback
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025
Councils are preparing to push back after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed it wa...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Local government outcomes framework to be expanded
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 11 December 2025
Whitehall plan to broaden outcomes framework revealed.
DEVOLUTION
Devolution Bill attacked by peers
By Joe Lepper | 09 December 2025
The Government’s devolution agenda risks ‘leaving communities without a meaningful voice’, Local ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils' concerns over access to holiday schemes
By Joe Lepper | 09 December 2025
Councils are concerned that the most vulnerable families are missing out on benefits of their hol...
WHITEHALL
Complex Whitehall funding system marred pandemic support, inquiry hears
By Joe Lepper | 05 December 2025
Councils’ delivery of pandemic support schemes was marred by Whitehall’s complex funding system a...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Killian reveals ICB tensions
By Lee Peart | 04 December 2025
Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Joanna Killian has spoken of ‘tensions’ betwee...
Head of Skills and Opportunity
£80,737 - £89,465
You will be at the heart of a rapidly changing education, employment and skills landscape. Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Building Control
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Assistant Director, Strategic Property
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Head of Skills and Opportunity
£80,737 - £89,465
You will be at the heart of a rapidly changing education, employment and skills landscape. Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
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