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Minister urges councils to 'co-locate' planning and licensing
By Mark Conrad | 22 January 2024
Councils have been urged to “co-locate” planning and licensing teams under plans to improve local...
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MPs call on Sunak to boost council settlement
By Heather Jameson | 22 January 2024
More than 40 MPs have called on the Government to rethink the finance settlement in a bid to resc...
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Data collection to begin on 'underappreciated' libraries
By Martin Ford | 19 January 2024
The Government has agreed to implement the findings of an independent report into libraries in an...
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The lack of a national strategy for cities is a national failing
By Marvin Rees OBE | 19 January 2024
After the General Election, regardless of who wins it, Core Cities will unite with partners to ca...
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Exempting asylum housing from Awaab's Law branded 'unacceptable'
By Mark Conrad | 18 January 2024
Charities have described as ‘unacceptable’ Government plans to exempt asylum accommodation from ‘...
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NAO issues wake-up call
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2024
The National Audit Office (NAO) chief’s warnings to Whitehall over governance are a wake-up call ...
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Time for a reset
By Mark Conrad | 17 January 2024
Urban authorities have called for a swift business rates reset to help shore up ailing council fi...
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Corridors of power
17 January 2024
Special adviser Seb Fortesque-Smythe is giving an ambitious young MP some advice about their firs...
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Ban on councils boycotting Israel moves forward
By Paul Marinko | 11 January 2024
MPs have voted through legislation that aims to ban councils from launching boycotts of Israeli g...
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Call to end £250m business rate loophole
By Andrew Vaux | 11 January 2024
A campaign to end a loophole which is estimated could cost councils a massive £250m in lost busin...
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- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Councils can't deliver better public understanding of AI without resource
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
Head of Internal Communications
£59,526 - £74,040 per year
Southwark Council is strengthening how it communicates with staff and residents... Apply for this job
Head of Change
£69,537 - £86,766 per yea
Southwark is delivering an ambitious transformation programme to improve services and deliver financial sustainability. Apply for this job
Head of Data, Performance and Insight
£69,537 - £86,766 per year
Southwark is strengthening how it uses data, insight and performance information to support better decision-making and improve outcomes for residents. Apply for this job
- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Councils can't deliver better public understanding of AI without resource
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
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