Title
HOUSING
The Warm Homes Plan: Why local leadership and early planning matter
By Paul Bourgeois | 26 February 2026
Councils that plan early and lead locally on retrofitting will be best placed to shape programmes that deliver lasting benefits, writes Paul Bourgeois
ENERGY
Local energy, local control
By Eamon Grimes | 19 February 2026
Local authority investment in renewable electricity offers long-term budget stability and reduced...
NET ZERO
Whitehall sets up virtual meetings to clarify councils' net zero roles
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 19 December 2025
Whitehall has formed a virtual working group with local government officers to provide ‘clarity’ ...
NET ZERO
Future Forum North: Tackling net zero polarisation
By Martin Ford | 05 December 2025
A new approach is required to maintain public support for net zero projects, The MJ Future Forum ...
DEVOLUTION
Fragmented councils threaten English Devolution Bill success
By Simon Goacher | 30 October 2025
Simon Goacher says the rise of Reform UK and the shortcomings of the Government’s Devolution Bill...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Edinburgh to miss 2030 net zero target
By Joe Lepper | 22 October 2025
Edinburgh City Council will not meet its ambition to be net zero by 2030, according to a report d...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Councils warn of 'devastating' axing of net zero fund
By Dan Peters | 07 October 2025
Councils have warned of the ‘devastating’ impact after the Government failed to commit further in...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Consensus emerges over statutory climate change duty
By Joe Lepper | 02 October 2025
A ‘clear consensus’ has emerged among councils for the sector to be subject to a statutory climat...
HOUSING
Future Forum Midlands: 'Conceptual chance' of meeting housing targets
By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2025
The Government’s new housing targets ‘are a better balance across the country’ with ‘a conceptual...
HOUSING
Warmer Homes London: A blueprint for greener, healthier, and fairer communities
By Brenda Dacres | 10 September 2025
Mete Coban and Brenda Dacres explain how Warmer Homes London is uniting boroughs, housing provide...
REFORM UK CONFERENCE
Reform council leaders set out 'clean up' achievements
By Ann McGauran | 06 September 2025
The leaders of four Reform UK controlled county councils took to the platform at their national p...
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Advanced Social Work Practitioner
£51,356.00 - £54,495.00, Grade 12, 37 hours, Permanent
You will be expected and enabled to contribute to workforce development and staff wellbeing. Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join Calderdale’s Highways Maintenance service. Apply for this job
Director of Public Health
£109,483 to £122,620
This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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