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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...

WHITEHALL

Calls for renewed effort to tackle planning 'image problem'

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2023

Calls have been made for a renewed effort to attract more planners into the profession as it cont...

WHITEHALL

Districts' legal threat over devolution deal

By Paul Marinko | 17 January 2023

Four Norfolk districts have threatened to take legal action over the county’s handling of a devol...

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Policy, Improvement and Risk Manager

£58,165 - £62,094

Are you ready to lead with purpose and make a real difference? Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Educational Psychologist

£45,586-£61,664

Join Our Values-Driven Psychology Service in Sandwell as an Educational and Child Psychologist Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council