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SCRUTINY
Accountability is not a one-way street
By Jessica Studdert | 04 April 2023
Even if Oflog starts life with a light touch, 'there’s little to guard against mission creep seve...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Transferring LEP functions to upper tier councils goes with the policy grain
By James Maker | 04 April 2023
The County Councils’ Network will be engaging Government to ensure the transfer of LEPs is compat...
DEVOLUTION
East Midlands Tories demand Gove act to prevent 'two-tiered' devolution
By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023
Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley has demanded ministers act to avoid ‘a two-tiered system of...
FINANCE
Tourism tax could raise nearly £430m for councils, study finds
By Mark Whitehead | 03 April 2023
More than £428m a year could be raised by imposing a £1-a-night levy on visitors staying in hotel...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Giant county unitaries run counter to people power
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 30 March 2023
The challenge to the new unitaries is to prove that, far from being a distant monolith, they can ...
WHITEHALL
Funding atomisation must be fixed
By Jack Shaw | 30 March 2023
Jack Shaw says that by atomising the funding for tackling inequalities, Whitehall have a partial ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A cheer for Vesting Day
By Andy Starkie | 28 March 2023
As councils gear up to become unitaries on 1 April. Andy Starkie offers advice on how to make the...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Not quite levelling up
By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 28 March 2023
Former Stevenage BC leader, now Labour Peer, Sharon Taylor says ministers should use the Easter r...
REORGANISATION
Lincolnshire districts back unitary idea
By Ann McGauran | 28 March 2023
A partnership of three district councils has backed the idea of becoming a unitary to help secure...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Councils need a longer-term funding plan
By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023
The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...
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up to £179,404 per annum
Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
£100,731 to £104,625
You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job
Housing Ombudsman
£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.
The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job
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