Ministers urged to reconsider pace of pensions reform
FINANCE

Ministers urged to reconsider pace of pensions reform

16 January 2025

Ministers have been urged to ‘seriously reconsider’ the fast pace of their reform to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025

Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination’ of statutory overrides for special ...

POLITICS

Pennycook: Compulsory purchase to be made 'faster and more efficient'

By Dan Peters | 19 December 2024

Councils will be ‘empowered to buy cheaper land’ through the use of compulsory purchase orders un...

OMBUDSMAN

Ombudsman struggles to allocate cases

By Emily Twinch | 17 December 2024

A 15% increase in complaints received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in the la...

HOMELESSNESS

'Duty to collaborate' over homelessness call

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2024

Labour-led London Councils has called for a ‘duty to collaborate’ to be placed on five Whitehall ...

POLICY

Government distances itself from controversial Demos report

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024

Whitehall officials have distanced themselves from a controversial report that proposed stripping...

POLITICS

Rayner: NIMBYs will no longer have upper hand

By Dan Peters | 09 December 2024

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has announced plans to end the influence of NIMBYs on housebu...

POLICY

Reform: Oflog should become local audit system leader

By Emily Twinch | 02 December 2024

The Government body in charge of councils’ performance in England should be extended so it become...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall review into summer riots will not be published

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

An internal Whitehall review into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MH...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs told settlement will be 19 December

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall officials they may have to wait until less than a week...

POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Labour axes expert levelling up group

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

An expert group advising the Government on reducing inequalities has been disbanded by Labour.

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Environment and Sustainability

£95,388 to £105,328

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Assistant Chief Executive

£95,388 to £105,328

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Strategic Director of Housing

£113,431 to £125,279

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council