ECONOMIC GROWTH

Everything right on your doorstep

By Martin Esom | 28 March 2023

Misinformation has swirled around the concept of 15-minute neighbourhoods, says Martin Esom, but ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A cheer for Vesting Day

By Andy Starkie | 28 March 2023

As councils gear up to become unitaries on 1 April. Andy Starkie offers advice on how to make the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Not quite levelling up

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 28 March 2023

Former Stevenage BC leader, now Labour Peer, Sharon Taylor says ministers should use the Easter r...

WHITEHALL

Council opposition to Government asylum plan grows

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s push to close asylum hotels and rehouse thousands on former military...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils need a longer-term funding plan

By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023

The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...

HEALTH

South Lakeland has been truly transformed

By Lawrence Conway | 28 March 2023

From April 1 Cumbria will be reorganised into two unitary authorities. In his final column for Th...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Glasgow seeks more powers

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2023

Glasgow is to formally approach Holyrood and Westminster for more powers to help revitalise its c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Two-thirds of councils yet to recover Covid grant losses

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2023

Only a third of councils have recovered any Covid business grants lost to fraud or errors, The MJ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Difficult decisions' in store as LEPs axed

By Martin Ford | 23 March 2023

Replacing Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will not be easy, the Government has been warned.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

This Budget is much ado about déjà vu

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2023

The past decade has seen Budget after Budget pledging to ‘level up’ and ‘devolve down’, but to wh...

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Head of Parks & Open Spaces

£75,445 & generous pension and benefits

Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking a dynamic, ambitious and experienced professional to lead our award-winning Parks & Open Spaces Services. Apply for this job

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Deputy Director Transformation & Business Services

£91,872 per annum

With a new Leadership Team in place, we are ambitious for our future and proud of our achievements. Apply for this job

Devon County Council

Head of Housing Improvement and Governance

£62,661 - £66,916 (pay award pending)

It couldn’t be a more important and exciting time to join the team here at Rotherham. Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Head of Parks & Open Spaces

£75,445 & generous pension and benefits

Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking a dynamic, ambitious and experienced professional to lead our award-winning Parks & Open Spaces Services. Apply for this job

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Deputy Director Transformation & Business Services

£91,872 per annum

With a new Leadership Team in place, we are ambitious for our future and proud of our achievements. Apply for this job

Devon County Council

Head of Housing Improvement and Governance

£62,661 - £66,916 (pay award pending)

It couldn’t be a more important and exciting time to join the team here at Rotherham. Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council