ECONOMIC GROWTH

Centre has 'poor understanding' of what works on local growth, says NAO expert

By Ann McGauran | 16 May 2022

A large proportion of Government spending is ‘not robustly evaluated’ and there is poor understan...

PLANNING

Boring not bad

By Sir Bob Neill | 16 May 2022

Sir Bob Neill says this wasn’t a Queen’s Speech packed with surprises, ‘but if dull means getting...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum: Go hyper-local to avoid 'grim' future

By Paul Marinko | 13 May 2022

The Government needs to provide county deals quickly and councils need to simultaneously ‘go hype...

BUSINESS

Will new Levelling Up Fund round repeat 'beauty contest'?

By Dr Nicola Headlam | 12 May 2022

Dr Nicola Headlam says the Government may have renewed its commitment to empower local leaders bu...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The Government must go all-in on digital democracy

By Piers Mulroney | 12 May 2022

Piers Mulroney says the Government must heed the warning of the local elections and commit to inc...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum: Government must do more to help those on lowest incomes

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2022

The Government has failed to do enough for those on the lowest incomes, a top economist has told ...

LEGISLATION

Government can abandon or change levelling up missions

12 May 2022

The Government is leaving open the possibility of abandoning or changing the White Paper's levell...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up must go beyond 'big ticket' projects

By Martin Ford | 11 May 2022

Efforts to level up communities must be felt at a local level for the policy to be viewed as a su...

HEALTH

The 'people's choice' for health and care leadership

By Andrew Laird | 11 May 2022

Andrew Laird says local authorities are the driving force for the levelling up agenda through co-...

INFRASTRUCTURE

The NAO will be paying close attention to the progress of levelling up

By Abdool Kara | 11 May 2022

Abdool Kara says it is straightforward to direct Government capital and infrastructure cash towar...

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Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

£142,950 - £157,041

Forged through an industrial past, Stoke-on-Trent is a city with creativity and kindness at its heart. Apply for this job

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Strategic Director Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities

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We have four fantastic opportunities for innovative and forward-thinking leaders to join our leadership team Apply for this job

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