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WHITEHALL
Whiteman criticises lack of prevention focus in productivity demands
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Some ministerial productivity demands are ‘populist nonsense’ more likely to appear in election c...
ELECTIONS
What will the next steps be for the mayoral model?
By Zoë Billingham | 22 April 2024
While the offers to communities from mayors are maturing, there remain big questions to be answer...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Devolution needs to be more 'Kevin Keegan'
By Henry Kippin | 22 April 2024
If the UK wants to emerge from its ‘odd decade’ into a better place, it must use devolution to bo...
WHITEHALL
Ministers in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
By Heather Jameson | 16 April 2024
The letter on councils’ productivity, sent by local government minister Simon Hoare this week, bo...
ELECTIONS
4 wheel drive woman on... voting
16 April 2024
Gosh, aren’t elections complicated? I thought you just had to pop up to the polling station and s...
BUSINESS
Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...
ELECTIONS
Today's choices, tomorrow's impact
By Simon Kaye | 16 April 2024
May’s elections will be extremely consequential for the local government sector, and the impact o...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis
By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024
Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...
LEGAL
Rayner to be investigated by police after electoral law accusations
By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024
Police have launched an investigation into whether Labour’s shadow local government secretary Ang...
WHITEHALL
Five million could be disenfranchised by voter ID, polling finds
By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024
Five million voters could be disenfranchised by the Government’s new voter ID rules at the Genera...
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up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, innovative council where Adult Social Care is central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Education & Skills
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Prosperity and Investment
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious council delivering growth, regeneration and investment at scale. Apply for this job
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