Jobs

• Londoners with disabilities need more support into work, think tank says

  Sadiq Khan should create a taskforce dedicated to supporting disabled people into work, think tank says.

  

• Cornwall proposes post-Brexit plan to create 20,000 jobs

  Cornwall Council has called on Whitehall to devolve more powers to the south western peninsular as part of a plan to help it cope with the impact of Brexit.

  

• Luton pays £3.2m to save car factory

  Luton Council has paid out over £3m as part of a package to keep car manufacturing in the town.

  

• Government confirms more job centre closures

  More job centres will be co-located within local government premises as part of moves to cut costs, the Government confirmed today.

  

• Government cuts force council to propose 50 redundancies

  Blackpool Council could make up to 50 people redundant and lose a further 20 contract posts under spending plans for next year.

  

• Sites of individual placement and support (IPS) trials for addiction named

  Seven council areas have been named as sites for individual placement and support (IPS) trials for drugs or alcohol dependency in community treatment services.

  

• Council staff told to take mandatory unpaid leave

  Northamptonshire County Council has told its staff they must take a day’s mandatory unpaid leave as part of an effort to save £2m a month.

  

• East Renfrewshire to axe 300 posts

  Hundreds of staff at East Renfrewshire Council could be axed in an attempt to close a £26m funding gap.

  

• Councils appoint partner for 5,000 new jobs project

  South Tyneside and Sunderland City Councils have appointed a new development partner to drive forward a project to deliver more than 5,000 jobs in the region.

  

• Local authorities join the jobs rush

  Sam Clayden explores some of the exciting new job roles being formed in local government.