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DEVOLUTION
Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
By Martin Ford | 29 April 2026
Ministers have backed down after seeking powers to impose strategic authorities or mayors on area...
HOMELESSNESS
Mayors: A secret weapon to tackle homelessness?
By Jack Shaw | 29 April 2026
Jack Shaw says mayoral leadership can add much-needed ballast to a broken, expensive system that ...
FINANCE
Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding
By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026
Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised...
POLITICS
Kent's political possibilities
By Duncan Flynn | 29 April 2026
While the sector awaits a swathe of government decisions on unitarisation, Duncan Flynn predicts ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Experts raise concerns over children's services deadline
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026
‘Clear and credible concerns’ have been raised by experts that some council children’s services w...
REORGANISATION
PPMA 2026: Warning recruiters could become 'kingmakers' in LGR
By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2026
Recruitment consultants risk becoming ‘kingmakers’ if they hire all the chiefs for new unitaries ...
REORGANISATION
Unitarisation: What comes next?
By Steve Leach | 24 April 2026
Steve Leach and Colin Copus ask if there will be ‘a further influx of smaller unitary authorities...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Closing the confidence gap
By Emmet Regan | 23 April 2026
Emmet Regan looks at why government has lost the confidence to ‘do big things’ and says rebuildin...
REORGANISATION
What happens now with devo?
By Sarah-Joy Lewis | 23 April 2026
Sarah-Joy Lewis takes stock of the Local Government Reorganisation process.
TRANSFORMATION
Local government: riding the wave of change
By Jonathan Carr-West | 22 April 2026
Jonathan Carr-West looks at the challenges of leading councils through turbulent times.
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Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
Business Manager – Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership (KSCP)
£54,703 - £60,044
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Deputy Social Care Manager
£52,413 - £54,495 per annum
Are you looking for your next step in your Social Work management career? Apply for this job
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