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REORGANISATION
Reform council asks officers to look at single Kent unitary
By Dan Peters | 29 July 2025
Kent CC’s Reform UK leader has asked officers to draw up a detailed options appraisal for a singl...
FINANCE
Fair Funding Review 2.0: Transitional arrangements will be critical
By Tracy Bingham | 29 July 2025
Some councils may have reserves to support fair funding transition, but this is not sustainable l...
REORGANISATION
Reading launches 'land grab' of West Berkshire
By Paul Marinko | 29 July 2025
Reading BC has launched a ‘land grab’ of neighbouring West Berkshire wards as the territorial bat...
UNITARY
Brighton & Hove releases expansion plan
By Emily Twinch | 28 July 2025
Brighton & Hove City Council has released plans for consultation on a proposal to swallow up part...
PEOPLE
Government's LGR advisory group named
By Martin Ford | 25 July 2025
Membership of the Government’s Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) advisory group has been publ...
DEVOLUTION
Local government needs genuine devo
By Louise Gittins | 25 July 2025
The Local Government Association 'supports devolution where governance is local by default, with ...
REORGANISATION
This transformation is a time for pragmatism and vision
By Gill Kneller | 24 July 2025
It is a deliberate programme of sustained and ongoing cultural change that will make local govern...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA hits back at Reform UK critics
By Dan Peters | 24 July 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is ‘more important than ever the sector ha...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Putting children front and centre
By Cllr Hannah Dalton | 23 July 2025
The District Councils’ Network has joined with the Staff College to create a route map for counci...
REORGANISATION
And those against?
By Cllr Steve Pitt | 23 July 2025
Cllr Steve Pitt makes a firm case for local authorities such as Portsmouth City Council to be lef...
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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
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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