HUMAN RESOURCES

District leaders welcome proposed planning fee boost

By William Eichler | 01 March 2023

District council leaders have welcomed a proposal that could increase planning fees to help over-...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Looking beyond growth

By Paul Marinko | 28 February 2023

While the focus on this month’s Budget will be on growth, the faltering economy means councils ar...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

Our communities know district councils are delivering

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 28 February 2023

Independent analysis commissioned ahead of the District Councils’ Network conference is a vindica...

PLANNING

We need a bottom up approach to planning, says MP

27 February 2023

We need a bottom up approach to planning to empower communities, Liberal Democrat MP Daisy Cooper...

WHITEHALL

Ministers set to hire chief for new watchdog

27 February 2023

Ministers are set to launch a recruitment drive for a chief executive and ‘full advisory board’ f...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Top-down asylum plans are a catastrophe in waiting

By Heather Jameson | 21 February 2023

Barely a week goes by without a council discovering a Home Office plan to relocate asylum seekers...

DEVOLUTION

We still have a desperate need for local growth

By Jackie Sadek | 21 February 2023

Jackie Sadek says the real way to supercharge the economy is to give powers back to local communi...

REORGANISATION

Keeping local government local

By Colin Copus | 21 February 2023

As delegates gather for the District Councils’ Network Annual Conference in Hertfordshire, Colin ...

PLANNING

Fighting for freedom

By Ann McGauran | 21 February 2023

The District Councils’ Network conference takes place this week. Ann McGauran talks to those who ...

FINANCE

Let's extend tax freedoms to all authorities

15 February 2023

If we reward failing councils with extra flexibility to raise council tax, why can’t well-run cou...

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frederica-diamanta

Carbon and Net Zero Manager

£47,754 - £50,788

To lead and manage the carbon strategy for the Agent by developing a programme Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Assistant Director of City Transport

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director of City Sustainability

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council