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RESILIENCE

Local Power Plan will fail unless we share power, not just infrastructure

By Emily Morrison | 24 February 2026

Emily Morrison says that done right, the Local Power Plan could help build local resilience for d...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Levels of community preparedness in the UK need improving

By Kathy O'Leary | 20 February 2026

What the Japanese lack is the legislative framework for emergency planning and response that we h...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Finding 'ordinary' ways to build up local resilience

By Jim Savege | 16 February 2026

By mobilising community groups, councils are building proactive ways of responding to emergencie...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Building budgets around places

By Stephen Taylor | 12 February 2026

Stephen Taylor says that if place-based budgeting is done in the right way, people and communitie...

DATA & DIGITAL

Collective working can resolve our communities' biggest issues

By Tony Clements | 11 February 2026

Tony Clements says that in order to meet the needs of citizens, councils need new methods, new wa...

FINANCE

Coventry axes annual festival to save cash

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2026

Coventry City Council has taken the ‘difficult decision’ not to run its three-day annual music an...

LEADERSHIP

We must hold onto place-based leadership

By Maxine O'Mahony | 30 January 2026

Maxine O’Mahony says: 'We must preserve place-based leadership, visible presence, trusted relatio...

COHESION

Rising community tensions say council chiefs

By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2026

A new survey of senior council officers has found nearly three quarters (74%) feel community tens...

COHESION

Rebuilding the scaffolding to repair communities

By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2026

Community tensions have been rising in the last year, a new survey by Starfish Search has found. ...

FUEL POVERTY

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 ...

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Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer) & Deputy Chief Executive

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Director Children’s Social Care (Family Help and Safeguarding)

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Swindon Borough Council

Assistant Director Housing

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North Yorkshire Council

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer) & Deputy Chief Executive

£148,775 - £159,480

Premium jobThe role sits at the strategic core of the organisation Apply for this job

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Director Children’s Social Care (Family Help and Safeguarding)

£104,196 (plus pay award pending)

You’ll join a supportive and ambitious leadership environment, with strong corporate Apply for this job

Swindon Borough Council

Assistant Director Housing

£111,533 to £119,774 plus relocation support

Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

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