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LEADERSHIP
The truth about real leadership
By Pam Parkes | 09 July 2025
Meeting today’s challenges demands the same ambitious civic leadership as the last great age of m...
LEADERSHIP
What to expect from the three types of chief executives
By Blair McPherson | 03 June 2025
Former council director Blair McPherson explains the three types of chief executives – turnaround...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Cardiff's goals
By Heather Jameson | 15 May 2025
As Cardiff prepares to host games at football’s 2028 Euros, the city council is focused on delive...
REORGANISATION
LGR: Culture eats strategy for breakfast
By Adele Gritten | 15 May 2025
Organisational culture is crucial to the success of local government reorganisation, writes Adele...
INTERVENTION
Ministerial envoys to be sent to Warrington
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025
A team of ministerial envoys are to be sent to Warrington BC amid doubts over the council’s ‘will...
FINANCE
Selling the family silver
By Emily Twinch | 24 March 2025
Heritage assets can cost councils hundreds of thousands of pounds to maintain, and with times as ...
CULTURE
Putting culture at Durham's core
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025
While cuts to cultural services have become the norm across local government, Durham Council has ...
CULTURE
The golden thread linking local priorities
By Louis Coiffant-Gunn | 13 November 2024
Louis Coiffait-Gunn says libraries have evolved to meet the needs of their communities, and the s...
CULTURE
Celebrating culture within Calderdale
By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2024
Bobsie Robinson, Calderdale MBC’s cultural services manager, talks to Ann McGauran about how the ...
IMPROVEMENT
Government expected to parachute in envoys to oversee Tower Hamlets LBC
By Emily Twinch | 12 November 2024
Government envoys will oversee the management of Tower Hamlets LBC after inspectors found a ‘toxi...
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Assistant Director People Commissioning
£99,433 to £112,411
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
Strategic Director Environment
£159,862 to £167,495
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
- Tackling Incivility: A leadership priority for local government
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Assistant Director People Commissioning
£99,433 to £112,411
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
Strategic Director Environment
£159,862 to £167,495
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
- Tackling Incivility: A leadership priority for local government
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
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