Title
AUTUMN BUDGET
Budget: £500m a year for local roads maintenance
By Dominic Browne | 30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £500m a year for local roads maintenance from nex...
POLITICS
Budget: Reeves attempts to drive up affordable homes
By William Eichler | 30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed a raft of measures to tackle the ‘desperate lack of afford...
POLITICS
Budget: Minimum wage and National Insurance rises to hit councils
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed rises to the minimum wage and employers’ National Insuranc...
ASYLYM
K&C chief urges agreement on asylum accommodation price
By Paul Marinko | 24 October 2024
Kensington & Chelsea LBC’s chief executive has called on the Government to agree with councils on...
COUNCILLORS
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers look to strengthen councillor standards
By Dan Peters | 24 October 2024
The new Government is considering options to strengthen the standards and conduct for those in lo...
WORKFORCE
EXCLUSIVE: Talks over workforce and recruitment pressures revealed
By Dan Peters | 24 October 2024
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is to speak to sector represent...
DEVOLUTION
Minister: England's devo map must avoid 'orphan areas'
By Paul Marinko | 23 October 2024
Local government minister Jim McMahon has emphasised Labour’s determination to avoid ‘orphan area...
IMPROVEMENT
Commissioner hints at ministry intervention shift
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2024
New minister Jim McMahon will approach intervention in a more ‘supportive and collaborative way’,...
SOCIAL HOUSING
Minister hints at social rent rise in Budget
By Paul Marinko | 23 October 2024
Housing minister Baroness Taylor has confirmed the chancellor could raise social rents in the Bud...
FINANCE
Dozen talk to ministry over exceptional financial support
By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2024
Around a dozen councils are in talks with the Government about Exceptional Financial Support (EFS...
Strategic Lead - Highway Project Delivery
Salary: £63,405 - £70,609 per annum. Incremental progression subject to performance
We are looking for an exceptional strategic leader to join our senior highways management team. Apply for this job
Head of Resident Experience
up to £93k
If you’re a housing professional looking for a job that will stretch and reward you in equal measure Apply for this job
Head of Housing Allocations & Accommodation
up to £93k
If you’re a housing professional looking for a job that will stretch and reward you in equal measure Apply for this job
- Reform rebuffs McMahon conduct accusations
- Visitor levy 'chance to prove what devolution can deliver'
- Worcestershire CC budget: Social care costs and local government funding pressures
- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- County devolution: Funding, fiscal powers and the challenges ahead
Strategic Lead - Highway Project Delivery
Salary: £63,405 - £70,609 per annum. Incremental progression subject to performance
We are looking for an exceptional strategic leader to join our senior highways management team. Apply for this job
Head of Resident Experience
up to £93k
If you’re a housing professional looking for a job that will stretch and reward you in equal measure Apply for this job
Head of Housing Allocations & Accommodation
up to £93k
If you’re a housing professional looking for a job that will stretch and reward you in equal measure Apply for this job
- Reform rebuffs McMahon conduct accusations
- Visitor levy 'chance to prove what devolution can deliver'
- Worcestershire CC budget: Social care costs and local government funding pressures
- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- County devolution: Funding, fiscal powers and the challenges ahead
©2026 Hemming Group Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No: 490200. VAT number GB342 023 408
