ECONOMIC GROWTH

The mayor the merrier?

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2015

Dan Peters talks to leading local government figures to assess whether directly-elected mayors ar...

DEVOLUTION

Liverpool mayor: Cuts will cripple local government

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2015

Liverpool’s elected mayor has accused the Tories of ‘kicking the shit’ out of local government an...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils in bid to gain multi-CA membership

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Councils have called for a change in the law to allow them to be full members of more than one co...

INNOVATION

Merger programme 'at risk of engulfing' pioneering councils

By Jonathan Werran | 06 January 2015

Innovative Welsh councils risk being subsumed by the planned voluntary merger programme, a Welsh ...

DEVOLUTION

Councils clash over Merseyside elected mayor

By Dan Peters | 02 January 2015

Members of the Liverpool City Region combined authority are at loggerheads over whether they shou...

BUSINESS

Authorities prepare to join forces in New Year

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 December 2014

Council leaders from the Coventry and Warwickshire areas have agreed to meet again in the New Yea...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Three-prong devo deal planned

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 December 2014

Three county councils are working together for the first ‘combined authority’ partnership of its ...

WHITEHALL

Now it's time for devolution on demand

By Alex Stevenson | 15 December 2014

Hot on the heels of the Scottish independence referendum, the upheaval is creating an agenda whic...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Brum is too big to fail

By Heather Jameson | 15 December 2014

Too big to handle or just badly managed? Britain’s second city has come under the spotlight, with...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

PUSH is on to change regs of CA boundaries

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 December 2014

Local authority bosses have called for a change in the rules around combined authority boundaries.

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

Now is a great time to look at joining Reading. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

£97,601 per annum

Ashfield is thriving. We are proud of our district and our ambition is to be ‘great’ across all our services. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

Assistant Director Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer)

£91,230-£102,921

Rochdale Borough Council is looking for a pioneering, passionate and proud Assistant Director of Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer). Apply for this job

Rochdale BC