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Left and behind: women at work
Building gender equality and diversity into plans for economic growth has benefits for everyone, writes Sarah Longlands.
An uplifting social alliance
Young people with learning disabilities want to work, but more supported internships are needed. To coincide with National Supported Internship Day, The MJ and DFN Project SEARCH held a round table debate to discuss how local authorities can help. Mark Whitehead reports.
‘Access all areas’
Jonathan Swain and Rebecca Rampat from executive recruitment specialists McLean Public highlight what local government can do to ensure it attracts commercial sector talent in a changing recruitment market.
Combined recipe for healthy communities
Tom Lloyd Goodwin highlights a programme designed to deliver more insight into mayoral combined authorities’ efforts to improve health, and to look at how these could be scaled to achieve more impact.
Tackling poverty in the North of Tyne: A combined approach
Patience has been key to a North of Tyne Combined Authority programme addressing child poverty, including both the underlying issues and the ‘here and now’ symptoms, says Adrian Dougherty.
Breaking the stigma of internal and external hires
Rebecca Hopkin looks at the perspectives of both sides of the candidate market and reveals the pros and cons of applying for key roles in any organisation
Warnings over job cuts repercussions
Councils embarking on mass job cuts have been warned it will have grave repercussions for the senior managers of the future.
Connecting up the best in the West
Rebecca Davies highlights the launch of a new campaign in the West Midlands to connect passionate people with careers in local government that bring real value to communities
New Local chief announces departure
Adam Lent is to leave the think-tank in May.
Brum proposes £300m cuts
Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council will cut spending on services by £300m to balance its books.
Expanding Oflog’s vision
Jack Shaw says the Office for Local Government needs to go further than its current long-term vision, and moving to a statutory footing would mean it could set up a more robust performance regime.
Dream big, start small
Ann McGauran reports on the Local Government AI Summit, which was aimed at providing the sector with a deeper understanding of the technology’s potential to solve real problems.
Oflog chair recruitment to begin
Recruitment of a permanent chair for the Office for Local Government (Oflog) will begin later this month.
IMPOWER recruits former LGA chief
IMPOWER has announced the appointment of Mark Lloyd as an executive director.
Southend chief exec departure ‘appropriately planned’
Southend Council has said procedures surrounding the departure of its former chief executive Rob Polkinghorne were carried out correctly – although lessons can be learnt.
Edinburgh chief executive to retire
The chief executive of Edinburgh City Council has announced that he is to retire.
My call for universal basic culture
Oliver Goodhall sets out three recommendations on how to embed culture in cities, including the need to lobby for a national cultural infrastructure plan to outlast political cycles.
West Sussex to recruit own chief executive
West Sussex CC is to recruit its own chief executive following four years of sharing the role with neighbouring East Sussex CC.
South Cambs issued Best Value notice over four-day week
The Government has issued a Best Value notice to South Cambridgeshire DC following 'concerns' about its trial of a four-day working week.
Council looks to address £100m ‘black hole’
Somerset Council is considering measures, including reducing staffing and cutting services to statutory levels, to cover a £100m funding gap.
