POLITICS

Cantle: Councils should focus on community cohesion

By Emily Twinch | 30 January 2025

Councils should be left to concentrate on community cohesion with the Prevent radicalisation prog...

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Commission pushes ahead with surveys despite elections uncertainty

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025

The Electoral Commission is pushing ahead with two surveys for returning officers about May's pol...

FINANCE

New unitary seeks exceptional financial support

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2025

A unitary council that is less than two years old is seeking exceptional financial support from G...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: Half of chiefs have started roles in last three years

By Dan Peters | 29 January 2025

Almost half of council chief executives have taken up their roles in the last three years, resear...

FINANCE

HMRC does not know how much National Insurance it collects from councils

By Emily Twinch | 29 January 2025

HMRC has said it does not hold data on employers National Insurance Contribution (NIC) payments r...

FINANCE

DCN: Triple drainage board funding

By Emily Twinch | 29 January 2025

Umbrella-body the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called on the Government to increase its f...

WHITEHALL

Southport attack report highlights 'serious issues' with Prevent

By William Eichler | 27 January 2025

A Whitehall probe into the handling of Axel Rudakubana before he carried out the Southport attack...

HOMELESSNESS

'No desire' to address short-term homelessness system

By Ellie Ames | 24 January 2025

MPs have warned there is seemingly ‘no desire to move away from an unsatisfactory short-term syst...

POLITICS

Power grab pushback

By By Dan Peters | 23 January 2025

Labour’s localism agenda has come under fire amid accusations the party is prioritising dealing w...

FINANCE

Frustration mounts over delay to National Insurance allocations

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2025

The Government has still not revealed how much each council will be compensated for the increase ...

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frederica-diamanta

Interim Chief Officer

£80,000 - £100,000 per annum dependent on experience

Premium jobWe are seeking an experienced and dynamic Interim Chief Officer to lead Tamar Crossings for a two-year period. Apply for this job

Tamar Crossings

Director of Children & Young People

£120,000 - £130,000

St Helens is a modernising Council which is passionate and ambitious for the children and families we support. Apply for this job

St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Head of Commercial and Contracts

Grade J, SCP48-51 (£58,327 - £61,853) per annum

With a large housing stock of c.28,000, Sandwell Council has a very strong commitment to improving the quality of existing stock Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council