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LEGISLATION
County shelves combined authority plans
By Heather Jameson | 26 July 2023
Warwickshire CC has shelved plans to join the West Midlands Combined Authority due to a tight tim...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Further Government defeats in Lords over levelling up Bill
By Martin Ford | 14 July 2023
Conservative peer Baroness McIntosh received cross-party approval for her proposed amendment to e...
DEVOLUTION
Warwickshire in talks over WMCA move
By Heather Jameson | 04 July 2023
Senior Government ministers are brokering talks between Mayor Andy Street and Warwickshire CC as ...
FINANCE
Power through partnership
By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023
More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Opportunity knocks for the sector
27 June 2023
Ahead of next week’s Local Government Association (LGA) annual conference in Bournemouth, The MJ ...
BUSINESS RATES
Combined talents
By Amardeep Gill | 20 June 2023
Combined authorities are the default option for optimal devolution – but Amardeep Gill and Jonath...
WHITEHALL
Five things we learned from Reimagining the Local State
By Dr Simon Kaye | 20 June 2023
Following Reform’s conference on reimagining the local state, Simon Kaye presents five things tha...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Gender equality: we still have a problem
By Rosie Lockwood | 19 June 2023
In the Liverpool City Region, all seven members of the combined authority board are now male, say...
PEOPLE
Former council chief to chair improvement board
By Martin Ford | 14 June 2023
Richard Carr has been confirmed as chair of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s in...
DEVOLUTION
Blueprint for a mayor
By Megan Ingle | 14 June 2023
Ed Hammond and Megan Ingle reflect on good mayoral governance and the attributes that make for an...
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- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
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Head of Property, Assets & Major Projects
Renumeration package £74 – 78k
This is a rare opportunity to combine strategic leadership, commercial asset management Apply for this job
Head of Legal - (Commercial & Projects)
£71,513- £80,593 per annum
We are seeking a senior solicitor to join as the Head of Legal for Commercial and Projects work. Apply for this job
Head of Business, Markets and Town Centres
PO10 - £84,042 - £89,274
We are now seeking an exceptional leader to join our Economy & Skills team as our new Head of Business Apply for this job
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
- Budget 2026: 'Further £430m' to tackle rough sleeping
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
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