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PLANNING

Is Gove getting his houses in order?

By Duncan Flynn | 11 September 2023

Changes to the rules on nutrient neutrality may be a welcome boost for the housing sector, says D...

HOUSING

The stats don't lie: we need a plan to tackle the affordable housing crisis

By Cllr Hannah Dalton | 04 September 2023

Urgent action is needed to give councils the financial firepower to drive a significant increase ...

ENVIRONMENT

Gove to ease nutrient neutrality requirements

By Mark Conrad | 29 August 2023

Ministers have announced they will ease divisive development rules on water pollution blamed for ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Devolution: keeping it local, making it work

By Trevor Holden | 23 August 2023

The current drive to move things to upper tier authorities in two tier areas runs a real risk of ...

PLANNING

Keep it communal

By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023

Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...

PLANNING

DCN hits back against call for planning to shift to upper-tier

09 August 2023

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has rejected a call by former local government secretary Gre...

WHITEHALL

Waste consistency plans still going ahead, Whitehall insists

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2023

Whitehall officials have insisted they are continuing to push ahead with waste consistency plans ...

WHITEHALL

Ending asylum hotel use would back UK 'into a corner'

By Martin Ford | 25 July 2023

The UK should not back itself ‘into a corner’ and exclude hotels as part of the solution to soari...

WHITEHALL

Scrutinising migration

By Mark Conrad | 24 July 2023

With asylum and immigration sure to feature in political debates ahead of a General Election, wha...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Government must set out its case on remote meetings

By Ian Miller | 24 July 2023

Even if the answer is a reasoned ‘no’, local government deserves the courtesy of being told the G...

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Senior Education Adviser

£60,269 - £68,860 per annum

Do you have a strong, successful track record in education? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Chief Executive

£208,116 per annum (April 2026 pay award pending)

As Chief Executive, you will inherit an organisation that is stable, ambitious and outward facing. Apply for this job

Cardiff Council

Director of Adult Social Care

£111,136 -£116,521

Stoke-on-Trent is an ambitious council, Apply for this job

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