Joe Lepper 13 March 2026

Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find

Recruitment challenges are hindering continued improvement at Sandwell Council, a Local Government Association corporate peer challenge review has warned.

The Local Government Association review team visited Sandwell for the first time since the local authority emerged from a two-year period of Whitehall intervention in March 2024.

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