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FINANCE
This is not devolution – this is not even centralism
By Heather Jameson | 21 October 2020
‘Once the poster-child for devolution, Manchester is now being treated as the bad boy of politics...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The politics of the 'Red Wall' is coming home to roost
By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 21 October 2020
There is nothing local or ‘place-sensitive’ in measures packaged in Whitehall and forced on to co...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tiers of trouble
By Ann McGauran | 20 October 2020
More than half of England’s population is now living under high or very high-alert postcode COVID...
WHITEHALL
Hammond: COVID has sealed the fate of centralism
By Heather Jameson | 19 October 2020
The COVID crisis has ‘sealed the fate’ of centralised public services in the UK, former Chancello...
HEALTH
The challenge of health devolution in London
By Dick Sorabji | 15 October 2020
Dick Sorabji, deputy chief executive of London Councils, charts the progress of health devolution...
DEVOLUTION
Report calls for fundamental reform
By Laura Sharman | 15 October 2020
The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the ‘dysfunctional relationship’ between ce...
WHITEHALL
Jenrick dashes county reorganisation hopes
By Dan Peters | 13 October 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has torpedoed plans for widespread reorganisation beyon...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The power of small things
By Simon Kaye | 13 October 2020
Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics. Simon Kaye argues that her...
DEVOLUTION
Whatever happened to devolution?
By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 07 October 2020
Devolution is an ‘unfinished’, disconnected project that benefits some areas but excludes others,...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Digging deep for change
By Neil McInroy | 07 October 2020
The pandemic has not resulted in the big changes required to protect health and drive widespread ...
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Assistant Director of Governance, People & Performance (Monitoring Officer)
c.£95,000
Arun District Council is entering one of the most significant and exciting periods in its recent history Apply for this job
Highway Asset Manager (Contracts)
£58,310 per annum
Premium jobAre you experienced in delivering large-scale infrastructure programmes that keep communities connected and safe? Apply for this job
Lead Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial - WMF2715e
£51,356 - £52,412
You will be managing and supervising a designated team. Apply for this job
- 'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
- Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture
- Leadership in local government is rarely about having full control
- Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system
- Spring Statement: OBR paints gloomy picture of council finances
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