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WHITEHALL
Poor pandemic planning criticised
By Mark Conrad | 13 June 2023
Public health directors have delivered a withering assessment of the Government’s Covid-19 prepar...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Stellar new story for Ashfield
By Theresa Hodgkinson | 13 June 2023
Ambition and focus are helping Ashfield drive transformational change despite a sluggish national...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
We need to be trusted more
By Ann McGauran | 13 June 2023
Councils may now risk an end to their borrowing freedoms, but ADEPT’s new president Anthony Payne...
HEALTH
Austerity undermined local response to Covid-19, study finds
By William Eichler | 31 March 2023
The hollowing-out of local capability by a decade of cuts left local government struggling to cop...
DIGITAL
Birmingham's dash to digital
By Dr Peter Bishop | 28 March 2023
Dr Peter Bishop explains how taking direct control enabled Birmingham to transform its ICT operat...
HEALTH
South Lakeland has been truly transformed
By Lawrence Conway | 28 March 2023
From April 1 Cumbria will be reorganised into two unitary authorities. In his final column for Th...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2023: The austerity elephant
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 March 2023
Forced cutbacks and savings from councils over the next few years risk outweighing the new regene...
PAY
Budget 2023: The sector does not have the gift of time
By Simon Christian | 17 March 2023
Government was quiet on the challenges facing the public sector including pay, on a Budget day wh...
FINANCE
Future Forum: We've had to do it ourselves
By Dan Peters | 17 March 2023
A chief executive whose council has repeatedly lost out bidding for levelling up funds has told h...
HEALTH
Why our future is small, nimble and digital
By Professor Donna Hall | 14 March 2023
Professor Donna Hall urges councils to be more radical in their thinking by reimagining their fut...
Head of Economic Development & High Streets
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- EXCLUSIVE: Outgoing Solace president issues rewiring the state warning
- Chiefs weigh up career costs of LGR pause
- Local government: Time for tougher standards to deal with abuse and bullying
- Local government pandemic planning criticised by Covid Inquiry
- Solace standards report highlights lack of police engagement
Head of Economic Development & High Streets
MGC - £69,807 - £74,790 per annum
You’ll lead the delivery of Merton’s Growth Plan, turning our ambitions for inclusive growth into jobs. Apply for this job
Head of Development & Housing Delivery
MG4 - £110,655 - £118,878 per annum
You’ll lead our ambitious New Homes Programme, including the c.£1bn transformation Apply for this job
Chief Planning Officer
MGT 1/2 £86 283 - £93 102
You’ll lead the service at the heart of how our borough grows – from major development Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Outgoing Solace president issues rewiring the state warning
- Chiefs weigh up career costs of LGR pause
- Local government: Time for tougher standards to deal with abuse and bullying
- Local government pandemic planning criticised by Covid Inquiry
- Solace standards report highlights lack of police engagement
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