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Isle of Wight director to leave

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 October 2013

The Isle of Wight Council’s strategic director for community wellbeing and social care is to leav...

Salford chief executive announces departure

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 October 2013

Salford City Council’s chief executive Barbara Spicer is to leave the post after more than seven ...

Cameron defends 'modest' local government cuts

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 October 2013

Prime minister David Cameron has claimed the cuts being imposed on local government budgets are ‘...

Call for chiefs to be 'visionary'

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 October 2013

Council chief executives need to be ‘strong and visionary,’ business leaders have warned.

Boris and cities call for control of property taxes

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 September 2013

Some of the largest councils have joined forces with Boris Johnson to call on Whitehall to give t...

CBI calls for business rates holiday

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 September 2013

The CBI has called for a one-year business rates holiday for firms moving into empty property, as...

New interim chief executive in Norfolk recommended

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 September 2013

Geoff Rivers – the former chief executive of South Norfolk DC and St Edmundsbury BC – looks set t...

BT hits back in broadband row

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 September 2013

BT has hit back at a highly-critical report by a group of MPs on its rural broadband contracts, c...

Warning to ONS over shifts in population

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 September 2013

Town hall chiefs have warned that plans to change the census must take into account the challenge...

Revised electoral system 'would tackle diversity'

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 September 2013

Reforming the electoral system to allow more council officers to stand for election could help ta...