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IMPROVEMENT

EXCLUSIVE: £1.6m bill for intervention support

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2026

Councils under Government intervention have shelled out more than £1.6m on staff and consultants ...

FINANCE

Exceptional financial support transparency call

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2026

The Conservative opposition leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has calle...

FINANCE

City council requests £15m exceptional financial support

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2026

Brighton & Hove City Council has requested £15m of exceptional financial support (EFS) from the M...

WHITEHALL

Government rejects food waste transparency call

By Neil Merrick | 03 February 2026

The Government has rebuffed calls for transparency around funding for food waste collections, ins...

FINANCE

Trashing the new burdens local government funding doctrine

By Ian Miller | 03 February 2026

There seems no proof yet that a penny has been added to the local government settlement to meet t...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform council calls for urgent asylum action

By William Eichler | 03 February 2026

Reform UK-led Kent CC has urged the Government to tackle soaring costs tied to caring for unaccom...

ELECTIONS

Political convenience is no justification for unconstitutional local election tinkering

By Colin Copus | 02 February 2026

The Government’s decision to ‘postpone or cancel’ local elections is ‘a travesty of constitutiona...

MENTAL HEALTH

Government fails on mental health funding pledge

By Exclusive by Dan Peters | 21 January 2026

The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental heal...

DEVOLUTION

The march of the metro mayors

By Vijay K Luthra | 21 January 2026

Patrick Diamond and Vijay K Luthra look at what England’s metro mayors can really change. And wha...

FINANCE

Trafford bid for £20m EFS

By Joe Lepper | 16 January 2026

Trafford Council is to ask Whitehall for more than £20m in exceptional financial support (EFS) af...

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frederica-diamanta

VAWG Partnership Support Officer

£37,602 - £45,564

VAWG Partnership Support Officer</stron... Apply for this job

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

Infrastructure Manager – Highways

£71,335 - £75,113

Northumberland is a place of scale, ambition and opportunity. Apply for this job

Northumberland County Council

Business Relationship Manager

£51,356 - £55,539 per annum

We are seeking a Business Relationship Manager (BRM) to act as a strategic interface between Technology Services and the wider organisation. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

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