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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Transferring LEP functions to upper tier councils goes with the policy grain
By James Maker | 04 April 2023
The County Councils’ Network will be engaging Government to ensure the transfer of LEPs is compat...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Giant county unitaries run counter to people power
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 30 March 2023
The challenge to the new unitaries is to prove that, far from being a distant monolith, they can ...
WHITEHALL
Funding atomisation must be fixed
By Jack Shaw | 30 March 2023
Jack Shaw says that by atomising the funding for tackling inequalities, Whitehall have a partial ...
BUSINESS
Don't wait for Westminster: Start building better lives
By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 29 March 2023
It is still unclear how Labour intend to deliver a more inclusive economic future than the curren...
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...
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- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation
- Strategic authority in senior role swap
Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services
£100,731 - £104,625
To help us realise this vision, we are seeking an exceptional Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services Apply for this job
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation
- Strategic authority in senior role swap
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