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CLIMATE CHANGE

Getting on top of the climate crisis in South Derbyshire

By Allison Thomas | 16 February 2022

South Derbyshire DC has embedded tackling climate change into the council’s culture and its effor...

CULTURE

Jackie's funny turn

09 February 2022

Councils have never dodged the very serious business of debating difficult issues and making impo...

FINANCE

Edinburgh to be hit by costs after damning reviews

By Chris Mahony | 07 February 2022

Edinburgh City Council faces ‘significant ongoing costs’ to implement recommendations from indepe...

FINANCE

Council slashes heritage assets figure

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2022

East Ayrshire Council has been found to have about half the number of heritage assets it had clai...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Supporting staff through crises

By David Bibby | 26 January 2022

David Bibby explains how leisure and cultural centre provider Everyone Active has been working wi...

FINANCE

Council faces £25m Games funding bill

By Martin Ford | 21 January 2022

Birmingham City Council has been left to pick up another £25m for the staging of the Commonwealth...

COUNCILLORS

Ongoing tensions highlighted at Edinburgh

By Chris Mahony | 13 December 2021

An independent review of whistleblowing and the wider culture at Edinburgh City Council has highl...

CULTURE

Cultural steps can get us back on our feet

By Bob Neill | 07 December 2021

While evidence is growing that shows how important the arts can be for our health, Bob Neill says...

CULTURE

Christmas treeson

24 November 2021

Regular festive Diary readers will recall past incarnations of our unofficial Worst Public Christ...

CULTURE

Levels apart

26 October 2021

The Thick of It’s Malcolm Tucker barely hid his contempt for the slogans he ordered hapless minis...

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Chief Executive

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Leicestershire County Council

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

Up to £234,171

This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job

Leicestershire County Council

Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

up to £129,530 per annum

A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job

Kent County Council

Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council