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POLICY AND POLITICS
Where do Labour go from here?
By Tom Collinge | 18 May 2026
Labour suffered stark losses of councils and seats in the local elections. Tom Collinge looks at ...
FINANCE
Maintaining the council's financial integrity and statutory compliance remains non-negotiable
By Phil Rook | 18 May 2026
Council reorganisation remains uncertain, but the potential impact to deliver real change cannot ...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Hiding in plain sight
By David Godfrey | 15 May 2026
Spatial planning and a development corporation – or similar mechanism – are crucial to realising ...
DATA
Home Truths: Linking data for healthier homes
By Tom Prendergast | 15 May 2026
Tom Prendergast says improving the UK’s housing cannot wait, and streamlining data linkage enable...
PROCUREMENT
Why councils need to rethink construction procurement
By James Wright | 15 May 2026
For councils facing increasing complexity and scrutiny, getting the fundamentals of construction ...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Making growth work harder
By Jon Ainger | 14 May 2026
Jon Ainger looks at why reducing deprivation is key to true economic success
REORGANISATION
Agenda in the balance
By Heather Jameson | 13 May 2026
The public’s choices at the ballot box have truly left the sector’s future agenda in the balance,...
REORGANISATION
Splitting successfully
By Kate Ryan | 13 May 2026
Kate Ryan explains why district disaggregation is LGR’s next challenge, and why sector-wide learn...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
CCN will ensure councils in county and rural areas remain central
By Simon Edwards | 13 May 2026
'Local government reorganisation may reshape councils, but like political change, it will not alt...
POLITICS
Breaking the mould
By Bob Neill | 13 May 2026
Sir Bob Neill looks at the multi-faceted implications of what constitutes the ‘new normal’ in pol...
Director of Legal and Governance
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Executive Director of Finance
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Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
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