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WHITEHALL
Soaring costs feared over social rent caps
By EXCLUSIVE by Heather Jameson | 20 September 2022
Plans to cap social rent rises could cost London councils £23bn over the next 40 years, figures s...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EXCLUSIVE: UKSPF review call resisted
By Dan Peters | 16 September 2022
The National Audit Office (NAO) is resisting pressure from the sector to launch a review of the £...
LEGAL
Edinburgh launches compensation scheme for abuse victims
By Martin Ford | 06 September 2022
Senior social worker Sean Bell was found dead in August 2020 as he awaited trial for sexual assau...
WHITEHALL
Sector bids for key Covid inquiry role
By Dan Peters | 05 September 2022
Local government is bidding to have a key role in the looming coronavirus inquiry.
FINANCE
Unions plan more strikes
By Martin Ford | 30 August 2022
Scottish trade unions are planning further strike action after rejecting employers’ improved 5% p...
FINANCE
Watchdog 'deeply concerned' over council's finances
By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022
The Accounts Commission is ‘not confident’ Shetland Islands Council is ‘financially sustainable’.
SCOTLAND
Scottish Labour proposes council funding overhaul
By Martin Ford | 24 August 2022
Local government funding in Scotland would be overseen by an independent body under an overhaul p...
PAY
Scottish council workers reject 5% pay offer
By William Eichler | 24 August 2022
Waste service workers will today go on strike across 14 local authority areas in Scotland after t...
HOUSING
Homelessness system 'on brink of failure'
By Martin Ford | 22 August 2022
A housing charity has said people presenting as homeless in central Scotland are being asked to m...
PAY
COSLA raises pay offer
By Martin Ford | 22 August 2022
An improved offer of a 5% pay increase looks unlikely to halt industrial action by council worker...
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- 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'
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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