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WHITEHALL
Now is not the time for Westminster to tighten its centralising grip
By Sarah Longlands | 25 March 2020
Reducing the spread of the virus requires Westminster to loosen the reins of power and to trust d...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Boris: Councils have to 'do what it takes' to beat crisis
By Dan Peters | 20 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told local government it has to ‘do what it takes’ to beat the c...
ELECTIONS
Electoral Commission calls for autumn polls
By Martin Ford | 12 March 2020
May’s local elections should be postponed until the autumn, the Electoral Commission has said.
LONDON COUNCILS
PM should 'get on and deliver devo'
By Heather Jameson | 02 March 2020
The Prime Minister understands the importance of fiscal devolution, he now needs to get on and de...
WHITEHALL
Reflections on a reshuffle
By Bob Neill | 25 February 2020
Bob Neill looks at what the latest Cabinet reshuffle will mean to local government and why the se...
WHITEHALL
Northern Powerhouse 'downgrade' in reshuffle
By Martin Ford | 18 February 2020
The Government has been accused of ‘downgrading’ the Northern Powerhouse in Prime Minister Boris ...
WHITEHALL
This year's model
By Jonathan Werran | 17 February 2020
As the tenth Conservative housing minister in a decade assumes the position, Localis chief execut...
WHITEHALL
Ministers' revolving door leads to re-inventing the wheel syndrome
By Michael Burton | 12 February 2020
The high turnover of communities secretaries, junior ministers and civil servants in recent years...
DEVOLUTION
Working class vote is key in the battle for Number 10
By Michael Burton | 03 December 2019
Michael Burton says that from both a moral and political perspective a Boris administration will...
WHITEHALL
Conservatives call for care consensus in cautious manifesto
By Paul Marinko | 25 November 2019
The Conservatives are set to keep the council tax cap, seek cross-party consensus on social care ...
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Head of Business, Markets and Town Centres
PO10 - £84,042 - £89,274
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Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
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Executive Director Finance, Governance and Assets (s151)
£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
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