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WHITEHALL
Call for 'real action' as Government sidelines parks group
By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023
A member of the Government’s sidelined parks action group (PAG) has called for ‘real action’ afte...
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CIPFA to 'look again' at select committee's report
By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023
Local government finance experts will ‘look again’ at a six-year-old report by MPs on improving t...
FINANCE
Council in £540m debt write off plea
By Dan Peters | 17 February 2023
Croydon LBC has asked Government to write off £540m of its debt in 2023-24 to ‘restore financial ...
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Levelling up director appointed amid recruitment uncertainty
By Paul Marinko | 17 February 2023
The Government is still ‘reviewing the recruitment process for levelling up directors’ despite ap...
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Performance body planned, but no league table return
By Dan Peters | 15 February 2023
Whitehall officials have told the sector they do not intend to create league tables as they push ...
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Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to social care reform
By Becky Wilkinson | 15 February 2023
Becky Wilkinson examines what Wolverhampton City Council has learned from being a trailblazer cou...
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Pride, innovation... and disappointment
By Karen Fuller | 15 February 2023
Karen Fuller sets out Oxfordshire CC’s experiences of preparing to pilot social care charging ref...
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A practical action plan for cities
By Mayor Marvin Rees | 15 February 2023
Chair of Core Cities UK Marvin Rees explains a new venture to maximise the potential of the UK’s ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Time for a levelling up funding overhaul
By Nick Kealey | 15 February 2023
The Levelling Up Fund has come under fire for taking a Hunger Games approach to bids. With the t...
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EXCLUSIVE: Warsi rails against Government's Prevent overhaul
By Dan Peters | 14 February 2023
Ex-communities minister Baroness Warsi has attacked the Government’s proposed reform of Prevent, ...
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Engineering Team Manager (Highways Assets)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £55,224 - £58,605 pa
You will be responsible for the Councils asset management system, and ensuring all data is valid and current. Apply for this job
Communities Locality Lead
£53,051 - £57,372 per annum
We’re looking for an inspiring, community‑focused leader to join our Localities Service as the Communities team Locality Lead for Selby & Ainsty. Apply for this job
Director of Place
£125k plus Distant Islands Allowance
This is a key strategic role in supporting the economic success of our islands Apply for this job
- Election watchdog 'not consulted' before shadow poll cancellation
- Worcestershire reorganisation row erupts
- Medway talks with ministry over finances
- Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
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