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Directors for Integrated Commissioning & Vulnerable People

Up to £120,000

Essex is at the forefront of change in the way local government delivers services. We are looking for people who have experience of commissioning services in complex, multi-agency environments; people who can lead large-scale change programmes and who have worked successfully with partners to share resources in commercial environments.

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Why we mustn't lose sight of people while we fix buildings

By Graham Duxbury | 26 January 2026

Graham Duxbury welcomes the Government’s Warm Homes Plan and says that localised support such as that offered by Groundwork will be critical to ensuring it d...

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The stakes for democracy are high and the challenges of local governance remain

By Kersten England | 26 January 2026

Kersten England predicts continued social and political turbulence through 2026 and says collaboration and reciprocity between communities and local governan...

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People-powered commissioning

By Austin Macauley | 22 January 2026

With support from IMPOWER, City of Wolverhampton Council has introduced a new approach to commissioning designed to change relationships with care home provi...

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Innovative ways of building homes and upskilling prisoners

By Adele Gritten | 22 January 2026

Adele Gritten explains how prisons, housing providers and public-sector landowners are coming together to deliver new homes.