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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Cities find their future
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Cllr John Merry looks back at Key Cities’ successes and considers what he would like the network ...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
A new Government provides the opportunity for long-term reform
By Simon Edwards | 15 January 2024
The SEN system and the broken children’s social care residential market are the main drivers of ...
FINANCE
Clarity will be crucial to reform
By Emmet Regan | 15 January 2024
As 2024 begins, Emmet Regan sets out a framework for any incoming government to consider when map...
FINANCE
A huge year – but will local government's voice be heard?
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2024
'While politicians are holding the line – that councils have plenty of cash and financial failure...
FINANCE
Is this the end of innovation?
By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024
Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...
FINANCE
Stormy waters ahead
By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2024
Mark Conrad talks to three major groups of councils about what the provisional finance settlement...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Don't hold your breath for immediate funding salvation
By Abdool Kara | 08 January 2024
Like Liam Byrne’s 2010 note to his successor suggesting there was no money left, an incoming gove...
WHITEHALL
The challenge of governing isn't just what, but how
By Jessica Studdert | 08 January 2024
Whoever wins the election, by whatever platform, their entry into office will quickly be met with...
FINANCE
Sunak vows to keep public spending down
By Heather Jameson | 08 January 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has kicked off election year with a promise to keep public spending do...
DIGITAL
Alarm sounded on cyber threat to local elections
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2023
Ministers have written to councils to warn of attempted foreign interference in next year’s elect...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Brighton faces 'unquantifiable' liability over equal pay claims
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
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Brighton faces 'unquantifiable' liability over equal pay claims
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