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LEADERSHIP
Solace steps up lobbying over district exclusion from leadership event
By Dan Peters | 08 June 2026
The organisation representing senior officers has stepped up its lobbying after a Cabinet Office ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Call for fiscal devolution to be based on clear criteria
By Neil Merrick | 08 June 2026
Fiscal devolution must be based around local taxes or revenue rather than the existing grant syst...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Social housing waiting lists will take more than 100 years to clear
By William Eichler | 08 June 2026
England’s social housing waiting lists will take 119 years to clear at the current pace of houseb...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MPs scold Home Office over lack of council involvement in asylum
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2026
Local authorities still lack a ‘meaningful say’ in asylum accommodation decisions, a cross-party ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms
By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026
Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special edu...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control
By By Martin Ford | 04 June 2026
Experts have sounded a warning over government plans to detail a ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution.
DEVOLUTION
Building trust, capacity and accountability in England's strategic authorities
By Sandy Forsyth | 04 June 2026
To address the complexities in the evolution of strategic authorities, devolution needs to work b...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Return of the Extended Ministerial Office?
By David Godfrey | 03 June 2026
Amidst the current calls for civil service reform, David Godfrey asks if Extended Ministerial Off...
AI
Watchdog to publish AI procurement guidance for councils
By Joe Lepper | 02 June 2026
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is set to publish guidance to support councils and ot...
FINANCE
Fiscal Devolution in England: Breaking Treasury Myths
By Jack Shaw | 01 June 2026
England’s highly centralised financial model has prompted calls to break up or restructure the Tr...
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Transport and Major Work Manager
£54,556 to £60,085 per year Inclusive of Local Weighting Allowance of £1096
Premium jobDrive the future of transport and infrastructure in Slough Apply for this job
Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance
£69,228 - £78,018
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced leader to join our Housing service as Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance. Apply for this job
Head of Constitutional and Electoral Services
£89,037 - £92,538
This role will place you at the centre of political decision-making and governance in the Council. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs
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