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Blake to leave St Albans

By Sam Clayden | 13 April 2017

St Albans City and DC’s chief executive, James Blake, is leaving to take a top job at the Youth H...

EXCLUSIVE: Essex break for Kitcat

By Sam Clayden | 13 April 2017

Former Brighton & Hove City Council leader Jason Kitcat has taken a leap into the officer world a...

Chief vows to make kid's services Tower Hamlets' top priority

By Sam Clayden | 11 April 2017

Tower Hamlets LBC’s chief executive has vowed to make children’s services an ‘absolute priority’ ...

A turbulent time for talent

By Sam Clayden | 11 April 2017

Is local government approaching a deficit of leadership? Sam Clayden analyses the results of a ne...

EXCLUSIVE: Child and adult care posts 'hardest to fill'

By Sam Clayden | 11 April 2017

Filling children and adult social care positions is causing upper-tier chief executives the bigge...

Town halls resist 'rich list' attack

By Sam Clayden | 11 April 2017

Councils have defended the pay of senior managers after the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) published i...

District deletes chief executive post

By Sam Clayden | 10 April 2017

Harlow DC has scrapped two senior roles and replaced them with a single position.

Former Bristol boss takes smart cities job

By Sam Clayden | 06 April 2017

Former Bristol City Council boss Nicola Yates has been appointed chief executive of government-ba...

One in 10 slash social care spending by 25%

By Sam Clayden | 05 April 2017

One in 10 councils slashed adult social care spending by more than a quarter in six years, a new ...

Integration future called into question

By Sam Clayden | 05 April 2017

The future of health and social care integration has been called into question after the NHS sign...