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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Devolution is back on the table
By Cllr John Fuller | 27 July 2021
It's time to continue building strong partnerships across the economic, real-life geographies aro...
WASTE
Significant procurement challenges lie ahead for districts
By Ian Miller | 07 July 2021
Procurement is likely to involved significant challenges for district councils now and in the yea...
FINANCE
Districts squeezed out of new burdens cash
By Heather Jameson | 23 June 2021
District councils have been squeezed out of new burdens funding for housing victims of domestic a...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
The truth is out there
16 June 2021
There are strange goings on out there.
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
Waste collection plans to cost £680m a year, councils warn
By Laura Sharman | 11 June 2021
Government plans to standardise kerbside waste collections will cost £680m a year, district counc...
WASTE
DEFRA's simplistic proposals are as doomed to fail
By Cllr John Fuller OBE | 08 June 2021
The waste collection business is complicated, says chair of the District Councils' Network Cllr J...
FINANCE
Districts in plea for leisure centre funding
By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021
A crunch meeting on the future of leisure centres is to take place this week, The MJ understands.
WHITEHALL
Uproar at move towards 'national bin service'
By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021
Councils are preparing to fight government plans to create what they fear will be a ‘national bin...
LEISURE
Let's not lose our leisure centres
By David Chefneux | 26 May 2021
The District Councils’ Network has urged the Government to offer a lifeline to leisure centres o...
LEISURE
Central Government must 'sign off a National Leisure Recovery Fund #2'
By Mark Sesnan | 24 May 2021
There appears to be a clear disconnect between central Government’s public commitments to tacklin...
Infrastructure Manager – Highways
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- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
Infrastructure Manager – Highways
£71,335 - £75,113
Northumberland is a place of scale, ambition and opportunity. Apply for this job
Service Director – Adult Social Care
£106,769 to £114,229
We’re seeking an inspiring, strategic leader... Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Law, Governance and HR (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £78,510 p.a. (pay award pending)
Lead governance, integrity and legal excellence in Rushcliffe. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
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