DCLG

Pickles' parting DIP shot is a botched job

By Mark Greenburgh | 26 March 2015

New arrangements for chief executive dismissals are full of holes and remove key protections for ...

FINANCE

Councillors to 'raise merry hell with ministers' over delay

By Dan Peters | 25 March 2015

A promise by ministers to exempt councillors’ travel expenses from tax by the beginning of 2015/1...

LEGAL

Plans to simplify senior staff dismissals unveiled

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Ministers will this week set out measures which would make it easier to dismiss council chief exe...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Leadership 'knew all about' botched structural overhaul

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Leicester City Council's former interim children's services director has hit back at claims made ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Budget 2015: Call for more devolution after 'disappointing' deal

By Dan Peters | 18 March 2015

Local government leaders called for ‘greater levels of devolution’ after the West Yorkshire combi...

DEVOLUTION

Voluntary mergers 'not likely'

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 March 2015

The Welsh public services minister has conceded that voluntary mergers are unlikely to happen as ...

BUSINESS

Elected mayor is a boon for Bristol, say academics

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 March 2015

Having a directly elected mayor has led to more visible leadership in Bristol, according to a new...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Devolved digital delivery

By Cllr Richard Stay | 11 March 2015

Cllr Richard Stay, chairman of the Improvement and Efficiency Panel at the East of England LGA, l...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Report warns councillors not to meddle in operational affairs

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Officers at Portsmouth City Council (PCC) have ‘often felt under pressure to write reports that t...

BUSINESS

LGA needs to 'get its finger out'

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2015

The true test of the Local Government Association (LGA) will be how it responds to its peer revie...

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frederica-diamanta

Regeneration Programme Manager

Grade 14 £53,166 - £59,080 per annum

Do you want to play a central role in delivering an ambitious programme of regeneration projects? Apply for this job

Derbyshire County Council

Senior Procurement Manager (Senior Commercial Manager): Northallerton

£56,433 - £64,951 per annum

We are seeking a driven and dynamic Senior Commercial Manager to join our senior management team at North Yorkshire Council. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Corporate Director of Regeneration, Economy and Growth

£166,434

One of the biggest unitary councils in the country, and the largest economy in the North-East... Apply for this job

Durham County Council