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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...
FINANCE
Locality arrangements must be right to avoid remoteness between new unitaries and residents
By Kathy O'Leary | 16 December 2025
The recent removal of ‘remoteness’ as a factor in determining council funding through the Fair Fu...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation lessons
By Ann McGauran | 10 December 2025
As the current reorganisation wave begins, what insights are on offer from leaders who have alrea...
REORGANISATION
They'll tell the story of… local government reorganisation
By Beth Stewart | 09 December 2025
Beth Stewart assistant director, strategy & innovation at Newtrality says: 'To borrow from the mu...
REORGANISATION
The needs of people rather than maps are what most deserve our attention
By Pam Parkes | 09 December 2025
Pam Parkes fears structures are being locked into reorganisation without factoring in workforce c...
REORGANISATION
Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils
By Ian Miller | 08 December 2025
Where public and political demand exist, districts have bandwidth now to focus on creating town o...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Harnessing defence in Hunts
By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2025
As Huntingdonshire grapples with reorganisation, the district council is working hard to ensure u...
WHITEHALL
There is a need for change within Whitehall itself
By Dr Catherine Howe | 03 December 2025
Catherine Howe says the people driving change in local places are not turning the same focus on t...
REORGANISATION
Doing devo digitally
By Callin McLinden | 03 December 2025
Local government reorganisation's digital moment is really about people, parity, and shaping the ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Top table call for IT leads
By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025
Council IT leads need a ‘seat at the top table’ to ensure local government reorganisation is not ...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
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- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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