What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
Council to announce chief after capacity criticism
15/04/2024 East Devon DC is hoping to announce its new chief executive early next month after peers said senior level capacity was currently ‘limited’. |
Slough chief to stand down
15/03/2024 Slough BC’s chief executive Stephen Brown is to stand down, the authority has announced. |
Council probe leads officers to ‘step back’
19/02/2024 Two senior Guildford and Waverley officers have agreed to temporarily ‘step back’ from their roles amid intensifying investigations into housing maintenance contracts. |
Mapley to take over from Whiteman at CIPFA
16/02/2024 Hertfordshire CC boss Owen Mapley will take over as Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) chief executive officer when Rob Whiteman retires, it has been announced. |
Local government figures made peers
12/02/2024 Local government has been recognised in the latest round of peerages, with two senior figures heading to the House of Lords. |
Fourth commissioner appointed at Woking
13/12/2023 The Government has appointed Richard Carr as a managing director commissioner at Woking BC. |
LGA chief departs
06/10/2023 Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd will be leaving with immediate effect, the association has announced. |
South Lanarkshire begins search for new chief
23/08/2023 The chief executive of South Lanarkshire Council, Cleland Sneddon, has announced he is to retire at the end of the year. |
Hackney chief to stand down
17/07/2023 Mark Carroll is to step down as chief executive of Hackney LBC at the end of next month. |
LGA sets up tribute page for Lord Kerslake
04/07/2023 The Local Government Association as set up a tribute page following the death of Lord Bob Kerslake. |
Tributes to 'rare gem' Lord Kerslake
03/07/2023 Figures across local and national government have paid tribute to ‘champion of local democracy’ Lord Bob Kerslake. |
Council chiefs named in King's Birthday Honours
19/06/2023 Council officers and members were among those to be named on the King’s Birthday Honours list this year. |
Hackney chief steps back from duties
24/04/2023 Hackney LBC chief executive Mark Carroll has announced he will be stepping back from his council duties to attend to family matters. |
County recruits London borough chief
13/04/2023 Staffordshire CC has announced the appointment of Pat Flaherty as its next chief executive. |
Levelling up director appointed amid recruitment uncertainty
17/02/2023 The Government is still ‘reviewing the recruitment process for levelling up directors’ despite appointing an ex-Number 10 official to a role with same title. |
Rossendale names next chief executive
12/01/2023 Rossendale BC has announced Rob Huntington will become its next chief executive. |
Interim chief given role permanently
23/11/2022 Swansea City & CC has appointed its interim chief executive on a permanent basis. |
Long-buried report reveals 'organisational dysfunction'
03/10/2022 ‘Organisational dysfunction at the most senior level’ of Croydon LBC has been laid bare in a long-buried report leaked to The MJ. |
Oxfordshire councils look to scrap partnership
18/01/2022 Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council have announced they are looking to end their formal partnership. |
Jenrick sacked as communities secretary
15/09/2021 Robert Jenrick has been removed from the role of secretary of state for housing, communities and local government in the Cabinet reshuffle. |
BREAKING: Slough becomes second council to issue Section 114 in a year
01/07/2021 Slough Council has become the second local authority in less than a year to issue a dreaded Section 114 notice. |
Commissioners appointed at Liverpool City Council
10/06/2021 Surrey CC’s chief executive Joanna Killian will be part of the team of independent commissioners who will oversee improvements at Liverpool City Council, local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced today. |
Councils pay tribute to Prince Philip
09/04/2021 Councils across the country have paid tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after his death was announced today. |
Local government minister quits
08/09/2020 Simon Clarke said he was leaving the Government for 'purely personal reasons’. |
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Borough chief dies with Covid-19
29/05/2020 The chief executive of Swale BC, Mark Radford, has died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, the council has announced. |
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Recognition for chiefs in New Year Honours list
02/01/2020 Chief executives in Bradford, Harrogate, Leeds, and the chief executive officer of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy are among those to have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours. |
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Lambeth leader steps down to run anti-violence unit
14/01/2019 Lambeth LBC leader Lib Peck has announced she will be stepping down to take on a new role at the Greater London Authority. |
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Local government figures celebrated in Queen's birthday honours
11/06/2018 The former interim chief executive of Birmingham City Council, Stella Manzie, has been made a Dame in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to local government. |
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Children's services blow for new chiefs
16/05/2018 Surrey CC’s children’s services are still inadequate, according to Ofsted – three years after they received the same grade. |
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May rebrands DCLG
08/01/2018 Prime minister Theresa May has confirmed that her government’s renewed focus on housing will be reflected in the title of the Whitehall department that oversees the sector in the post-Grenfell Tower era. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
